LLM Hermeneutic Workbench

| Claim Layer
1298
Total Extractions
715
Speaker Turns
1392
Unique Entities
153
Unique Entity Types
787
Unique Relations
Anne Welsh Interviewer | Utterance #1 | 1 Extractions
Digital humanities FIELD
Computing in the Humanities FIELD
Surface Form: "what we now think of as digital humanities? And what was then Computing in the Humanities"

Evidence Source

Could you tell us a little bit about how you first got involved in what we now think of as digital humanities? And what was then Computing in the Humanities?
John Unsworth Interviewee | Utterance #2 | 14 Extractions
North Carolina State University INSTITUTION
technical university CONCEPT
Surface Form: "being at a technical university"

Postmodern Culture JOURNAL
The John Hopkins University Press ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "still published by The John Hopkins University Press"

Postmodern Culture JOURNAL
peer-reviewed electronic journal in the Humanities CONCEPT
Surface Form: "it was the first peer-reviewed electronic journal in the Humanities"

Evidence Source

I didn't mean to get into electronic publishing, it was sort of fiscal necessity and also being at a technical university, where there were people around who were interested in this kind of experimentation but it was Postmodern Culture, still published by The John Hopkins University Press, it's in its twenty-second year now, I think, currently edited by my brother-in-law and it was the first peer-reviewed electronic journal in the Humanities.
Postmodern Culture JOURNAL
January 1994 TIME
Surface Form: "our first issue that was designed for the web was in January 1994"

Evidence Source

I think our first issue that was designed for the web was in January 1994.
John Unsworth PERSON
North Carolina State University INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "was a new faculty member at North Carolina State University"

John Unsworth PERSON
post-World War II American literature FIELD
Surface Form: "been hired to teach post-World War II American literature"

Evidence Source

I was a new faculty member at North Carolina State University, and I'd been hired to teach post-World War II American literature.
Postmodern Culture JOURNAL
LISTSERV SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "retrieve articles from LISTSERV"

Postmodern Culture JOURNAL
FTP TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "put it up for FTP"

Postmodern Culture JOURNAL
Gopher TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "put it up on Gopher"

Postmodern Culture JOURNAL
World Wide Web TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "put the back issues up on the web"

Evidence Source

So after that, we just sent out the table of contents with instructions for people on how to retrieve articles from LISTSERV and then later when FTP came along, we put it up for FTP and when Gopher came along and gave you a menu for FTP, we put it up on Gopher and when the web came along, we put the back issues up on the web and I think our first issue that was designed for the web was in January 1994.
Susan Nutter PERSON
Libraries at North Carolina State University DEPARTMENT
Surface Form: "is still head of the libraries at NC State"

Campus Computing Organization DEPARTMENT
North Carolina State University INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "people in the Campus Computing Organization"

Evidence Source

So, we consulted with a university librarian, a woman named Susan Nutter, who I think is still head of the libraries at NC State, she introduced us to people in the Campus Computing Organization, who introduced us to some brand new software that had just come out, called LISTSERV.
Boundary II JOURNAL
post-World War II American literature FIELD
Surface Form: "there was just one actually, called Boundary II"

Evidence Source

There weren't really many journals, academic journals, in that area, there was just one actually, called Boundary II
John Unsworth PERSON
Postmodern Culture JOURNAL
Surface Form: "we decided to start a journal in that area"

Evidence Source

There weren't really many journals, academic journals, in that area, there was just one actually, called Boundary II, and so with a couple of friends, one was a friend from graduate school, who also ended up on the same faculty a year later, we decided to start a journal in that area. NC State was in a budget crisis, public higher education always is as far as I can tell, so there was no money for printing and there was no money for mailing.
Anne Welsh Interviewer | Utterance #3 | 0 Extractions

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John Unsworth Interviewee | Utterance #4 | 3 Extractions
John Unsworth PERSON
Sanyo CPM machine TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "Sanyo CPM machine"

John Unsworth PERSON
WordStar SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "with WordStar"

John Unsworth PERSON
BASIC TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "learned a little bit of BASIC"

Evidence Source

So, I wrote it on a word processor — Sanyo CPM machine with WordStar — and I learned a little bit of BASIC, I would go in and edit the compiled code to change the messages on my splash screen.
Anne Welsh Interviewer | Utterance #5 | 0 Extractions

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John Unsworth Interviewee | Utterance #6 | 2 Extractions
John Unsworth PERSON
University of Virginia INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "graduate student at Virginia"

John Unsworth PERSON
email TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "had started using email"

Evidence Source

And I had started using email as a graduate student at Virginia and there weren't a lot of people to exchange email with, but that was kind of interesting.
Anne Welsh Interviewer | Utterance #7 | 0 Extractions

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John Unsworth Interviewee | Utterance #8 | 1 Extractions
John Unsworth PERSON
Postmodern Culture JOURNAL
Surface Form: "editing a journal as a junior faculty member"

Evidence Source

Yeah, I thought it was interesting and it was pretty clearly against the advice that any sensible senior person would have given me, I mean beginning with editing a journal as a junior faculty member cause that's service, not research and putting your time into editing a journal that didn't get printed ...
Anne Welsh Interviewer | Utterance #9 | 0 Extractions

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John Unsworth Interviewee | Utterance #10 | 0 Extractions

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Anne Welsh Interviewer | Utterance #11 | 0 Extractions

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John Unsworth Interviewee | Utterance #12 | 3 Extractions
John Unsworth PERSON
Humanist DISCUSSION_LIST
Surface Form: "I was reading things in Humanist"

Evidence Source

And, you know, I was reading things in Humanist also, but the people that I was meeting at conferences were pretty much other people involved in doing electronic journals in an academic context and that was a very small and heterogeneous group of people.
Paul Ginsberg PERSON
High Energy Physics Archive Project PROJECT
Surface Form: "Paul Ginsberg from the High Energy Physics Archive Project"

Evidence Source

We had a guy who had a journal in hospitality research, there was Paul Ginsberg from the High Energy Physics Archive Project — I think he still works on that, Stevan Harnad was at some of these conferences and people from completely different disciplinary backgrounds, who, you know, the only thing they had in common was that they were trying to do electronic publishing, electronic scholarly publishing.
Stevan Harnad PERSON
conferences on electronic journals organized by libraries EVENT_SERIES
Surface Form: "was at some of these conferences"

Evidence Source

Well, mostly in that period from '90 to about '93, when I was at NC State, most of the people that I was meeting were in conferences organized by libraries and focused on electronic journals. And, you know, I was reading things in Humanist also, but the people that I was meeting at conferences were pretty much other people involved in doing electronic journals in an academic context and that was a very small and heterogeneous group of people. We had a guy who had a journal in hospitality research, there was Paul Ginsberg from the High Energy Physics Archive Project — I think he still works on that, Stevan Harnad was at some of these conferences and people from completely different disciplinary backgrounds, who, you know, the only thing they had in common was that they were trying to do electronic publishing, electronic scholarly publishing.
Anne Welsh Interviewer | Utterance #13 | 0 Extractions

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John Unsworth Interviewee | Utterance #14 | 1 Extractions
Digital humanities community COMMUNITY
consolidation and diversification CONCEPT
Surface Form: "goes through phases of consolidation and diversification"

Evidence Source

I think the digital humanities community as a whole goes through phases of consolidation and diversification.
Anne Welsh Interviewer | Utterance #15 | 0 Extractions

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John Unsworth Interviewee | Utterance #16 | 22 Extractions
John Unsworth PERSON
Jerry McGann PERSON
Surface Form: "I worked with Jerry McGann"

John Unsworth PERSON
Ed Ayers PERSON
Surface Form: "I worked with Ed Ayers"

John Unsworth PERSON
Thorny Staples PERSON
Surface Form: "I worked with Thorny Staples"

Thorny Staples PERSON
Fedora Commons/Duraspace Group ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "now works for Fedora Commons/Duraspace Group"

Evidence Source

And there, you know, I worked with Jerry McGann, I worked with Ed Ayers, I worked with Thorny Staples, who now works for Fedora Commons/Duraspace Group.
John Unsworth PERSON
Modern Language Association's Committee on Scholarly Editions COMMITTEE
Surface Form: "I was chair of the Modern Language Association's Committee on Scholarly Editions"

Evidence Source

For a chunk of that time I was chair of the Modern Language Association's Committee on Scholarly Editions.
John Unsworth PERSON
English Department, University of Virginia DEPARTMENT
Surface Form: "I was also in the English department"

John Unsworth PERSON
Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities INSTITUTE
Surface Form: "got hired to direct the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities at Virginia"

Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities INSTITUTE
University of Virginia INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "at Virginia"

Evidence Source

I was also in the English department, and on a tenure track, so I had four years in rank at that point at NC State, but I got hired to direct the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities at Virginia
Whitman Archive PROJECT
Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities INSTITUTE
Surface Form: "that project started at the institute"

Blake Archive Project PROJECT
Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities INSTITUTE
Surface Form: "Blake Archive Project started at the institute"

Evidence Source

I worked with a bunch of faculty at Virginia and at other places who were early adopters, the people from the Whitman Archive over here, that project started at the institute, the Blake Archive Project started at the institute, Jerry's Rossetti archive, the Whitman in the Emily Dickinson project that Martha Nell Smith runs.
John Unsworth PERSON
Matt Kirschenbaum PERSON
Surface Form: "Matt Kirschenbaum was a PhD advisee"

Steve Ramsay PERSON
English Department, University of Virginia DEPARTMENT
Surface Form: "was a student in the English department"

Steve Ramsay PERSON
Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities INSTITUTE
Surface Form: "an employee at the institute"

Amanda French PERSON
Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities INSTITUTE
Surface Form: "Amanda French was there"

Evidence Source

I worked with a lot of great students: Matt Kirschenbaum was a PhD advisee; Steve Ramsay was a student in the English department and an employee at the institute, when he was a graduate student; Amanda French was there;
Martha Nell Smith PERSON
Whitman in the Emily Dickinson project PROJECT
Surface Form: "that Martha Nell Smith runs"

Evidence Source

Jerry's Rossetti archive, the Whitman in the Emily Dickinson project that Martha Nell Smith runs.
John Unsworth PERSON
University of Virginia INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "from 1994 to 2004, when I was at Virginia"

Evidence Source

so that was just you know from 1994 to 2004, when I was at Virginia, that was a real opening up into a much broader world of people,
John Unsworth PERSON
Digital humanities conference (1994, Paris) CONFERENCE
Surface Form: "started coming to this conference actually, in 1994, it was my first, in Paris"

Digital humanities conference (1994, Paris) CONFERENCE
Paris CITY
Surface Form: "in Paris"

Evidence Source

that's when I started coming to this conference actually, in 1994, it was my first, in Paris.
Modern Language Association's Committee on Scholarly Editions COMMITTEE
Electronic Textual Editing BOOK
Surface Form: "We produced a book that they still sell called Electronic Textual Editing"

Electronic Textual Editing BOOK
Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) STANDARD
Surface Form: "together with text encoding principles from the TEI"

Evidence Source

We produced a book that they still sell called Electronic Textual Editing which was to bring the kind of principals of scholarly editing that the CSE represented together with text encoding principles from the TEI to give people fairly practical guidance actually about how to do electronic scholarly editing.
Modern Language Association's Committee on Scholarly Editions COMMITTEE
Blake Archive PROJECT
Surface Form: "they reviewed the Blake Archive and gave it high marks"

Evidence Source

We re-did the guidelines for the CSE so that they would be able to review electronic editions, which they did, they reviewed the Blake Archive and gave it high marks,
John Unsworth PERSON
University of Virginia INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "moved from North Carolina State to University of Virginia"

Evidence Source

Well, in 1993, I moved from North Carolina State to University of Virginia, and that was a much broader job.
Anne Welsh Interviewer | Utterance #17 | 0 Extractions

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John Unsworth Interviewee | Utterance #18 | 4 Extractions
Sorbonne INSTITUTION
network jack TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "the old lady did not have a network jack"

Evidence Source

Eventually it became clear that the old lady did not have a network jack, so we put together this laptop and said, “OK, we want an overhead projector.
John Unsworth PERSON
Digital humanities conference CONFERENCE_SERIES
Surface Form: "I've hosted it twice"

Evidence Source

It took me a while to understand the importance of the social programme of this conference, you should always attend but then every year since going, I've hosted it twice ...
Digital humanities conference (1994, Paris) CONFERENCE
French and English CONCEPT
Surface Form: "It was half in French and half in English"

Evidence Source

The first conference was a little weird. It was half in French and half in English, it was strictly segregated, you know, the French sessions and the sessions in English.
Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities INSTITUTE
web server for Virginia projects TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "set up a web server, which was big deal in 1994, and we set it up for these projects that we were going to do in Virginia"

Evidence Source

We had just set up a web server, which was big deal in 1994, and we set it up for these projects that we were going to do in Virginia, it was a sort of decision.
Anne Welsh Interviewer | Utterance #19 | 0 Extractions

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John Unsworth Interviewee | Utterance #20 | 4 Extractions
World Wide Web TECHNOLOGY
academic computing FIELD
Surface Form: "that was a huge game changer for academic computing"

Evidence Source

and that was a huge game changer for academic computing because we would never have had the same impact on our colleagues as that did, because that swept up everybody.
John Unsworth PERSON
TRS-80 TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "it was a little TRS-80 that kept its data on a cassette recorder and ran basic programmes"

Evidence Source

I also had another hand-me-down of his, it was a little TRS-80 that kept its data on a cassette recorder and ran basic programmes.
World Wide Web TECHNOLOGY
The New York Times ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "In 1994 really, is when people started talking about the web in the New York Times"

Evidence Source

In 1994 really, is when people started talking about the web in the New York Times and suddenly, then very rapidly [it] became something that was for everybody,
Postmodern Culture JOURNAL
Mosaic what's cool list FEATURE
Surface Form: "Postmodern Culture was on that list"

Evidence Source

when Mosaic first came out it had a what's cool list built into it, it was like a bookmarks list that was built into it, and Postmodern Culture was on that list, because there were so few cool things that we were on it.
Anne Welsh Interviewer | Utterance #21 | 0 Extractions

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John Unsworth Interviewee | Utterance #22 | 2 Extractions
John Unsworth PERSON
tattoo discussion group DISCUSSION_GROUP
Surface Form: "I belonged to one of the first network discussion groups that I found was called tattoo"

tattoo discussion group DISCUSSION_GROUP
body modification TOPIC
Surface Form: "it was on body modification"

Evidence Source

I belonged to one of the first network discussion groups that I found was called tattoo, and it was on body modification and I subscribed to it, because it was like the only thing out there, and I was like “I wanna see how this works”.
Anne Welsh Interviewer | Utterance #23 | 0 Extractions

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John Unsworth Interviewee | Utterance #24 | 0 Extractions

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Anne Welsh Interviewer | Utterance #25 | 0 Extractions

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John Unsworth Interviewee | Utterance #26 | 0 Extractions

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Anne Welsh Interviewer | Utterance #27 | 0 Extractions

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Anne Welsh Interviewer | Utterance #1 | 0 Extractions

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Ray Siemens Interviewee | Utterance #2 | 0 Extractions

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Anne Welsh Interviewer | Utterance #3 | 0 Extractions

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Ray Siemens Interviewee | Utterance #4 | 3 Extractions
Ray Siemens PERSON
University of Waterloo INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "had the good fortune of going to the University of Waterloo"

Evidence Source

Then I had the good fortune of going to the University of Waterloo, where that was not only part of the curriculum but even in their English department, which I was in as an undergraduate.
University of Waterloo INSTITUTION
co-op programme PROGRAMME
Surface Form: "had a co-op programme"

Evidence Source

They also had an association with computer science; they had a co-op programme where people went into computational environments for work terms when they weren't in their academic terms and that was the foundation for a movement forward, always with a couple of very strong, positive academic mentors.
gaming professor POSITION
computer games as narrative CONCEPT
Surface Form: "was teaching courses in the mid-eighties on"

Evidence Source

While I was there they hired a gaming professor, specifically a gaming professor, who was teaching courses in the mid-eighties on computer games as narrative.
Anne Welsh Interviewer | Utterance #5 | 0 Extractions

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Ray Siemens Interviewee | Utterance #6 | 6 Extractions
digital humanities FIELD
humanities computing FIELD
Surface Form: "then called humanities computing"

digital humanities FIELD
computational literary studies FIELD
Surface Form: "then called humanities computing, or computational literary studies"

Evidence Source

I then went on to do graduate work at a number of places, all of which had fledgling programmes in digital humanities, then called humanities computing, or computational literary studies and things like that.
Ray Siemens PERSON
University of Alberta INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "working with people at University of Alberta"

Ray Siemens PERSON
University of Toronto INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "working with people at University of Toronto"

Ray Siemens PERSON
Oxford INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "working with people at University of Alberta, University of Toronto, Oxford, University of British Columbia"

Ray Siemens PERSON
University of British Columbia INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "working with people at University of Alberta, University of Toronto, Oxford, University of British Columbia"

Evidence Source

In addition to Waterloo, I had the pleasure of working with people at University of Alberta, University of Toronto, Oxford, University of British Columbia, always finding really interesting and engaged people who were starting things in what we now know as digital humanities.
Anne Welsh Interviewer | Utterance #7 | 0 Extractions

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Ray Siemens Interviewee | Utterance #8 | 0 Extractions

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Anne Welsh Interviewer | Utterance #9 | 0 Extractions

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Ray Siemens Interviewee | Utterance #10 | 0 Extractions

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Anne Welsh Interviewer | Utterance #11 | 0 Extractions

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Ray Siemens Interviewee | Utterance #12 | 19 Extractions
brother of Paul Stanwood PERSON
IBM research labs ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "at the IBM research labs"

brother of Paul Stanwood PERSON
first key word in context dynamic index TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "developed the first key word in context dynamic index"

Evidence Source

and his brother was the person who, at the IBM research labs, developed the first key word in context dynamic index and then gave it back to our community in the late 1950s-1960s, before humanities computing exploding in the sixties and then with the further booms afterwards.
first key word in context dynamic index TECHNOLOGY
late 1950s-1960s TIME_SPAN
Surface Form: "gave it back to our community in the late 1950s-1960s"

humanities computing FIELD
the sixties TIME_SPAN
Surface Form: "before humanities computing exploding in the sixties"

Evidence Source

developed the first key word in context dynamic index and then gave it back to our community in the late 1950s-1960s, before humanities computing exploding in the sixties and then with the further booms afterwards.
OUCS ORGANISATION
Oxford CITY
Surface Form: "at a couple of different institutions, including Oxford, where I got to know Lou Burnard and the folks at OUCS"

Evidence Source

from there I spent time at a couple of different institutions, including Oxford, where I got to know Lou Burnard and the folks at OUCS,
Ian Lancashire PERSON
University of Toronto Centre for Computing in the Humanities (CCH) INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "at that power house where Willard McCarty was as well, that is the University of Toronto Centre for Computing in the Humanities (CCH)"

Russ Wooldridge PERSON
University of Toronto Centre for Computing in the Humanities (CCH) INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "at that power house where Willard McCarty was as well, that is the University of Toronto Centre for Computing in the Humanities (CCH)"

Willard McCarty PERSON
University of Toronto Centre for Computing in the Humanities (CCH) INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "was as well, that is the University of Toronto Centre for Computing in the Humanities (CCH)"

Evidence Source

I spent time with Ian Lancashire and many of his colleagues, Russ Wooldridge and others at that power house where Willard McCarty was as well, that is the University of Toronto Centre for Computing in the Humanities (CCH);
Ray Siemens PERSON
Steven Reimer PERSON
Surface Form: "went on to work with people like Steven Reimer and David Miall"

Ray Siemens PERSON
David Miall PERSON
Surface Form: "went on to work with people like Steven Reimer and David Miall"

Steven Reimer PERSON
University of Alberta INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "at the University of Alberta"

David Miall PERSON
University of Alberta INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "at the University of Alberta"

Evidence Source

I then went on to work with people like Steven Reimer and David Miall at the University of Alberta.
Ray Siemens PERSON
Paul Stanwood PERSON
Surface Form: "I worked with Paul Stanwood"

Paul Stanwood PERSON
Renaissance literary English FIELD
Surface Form: "a Renaissance literary English professor"

Evidence Source

I worked with Paul Stanwood, a Renaissance literary English professor, and his brother was the person who, at the IBM research labs, developed the first key word in context dynamic index and then gave it back to our community in the late 1950s-1960s, before humanities computing exploding in the sixties and then with the further booms afterwards.
Phil Smith PERSON
Harvard INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "had then come from Harvard"

Phil Smith PERSON
University of Waterloo INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "to the University of Waterloo"

Phil Smith PERSON
arts computing FIELD
Surface Form: "to do arts computing"

Neil Randall PERSON
gaming FIELD
Surface Form: "was our hire in gaming at that point"

Evidence Source

So, in my undergraduate degree Phil Smith, who had then come from Harvard to the University of Waterloo to do arts computing; Paul Beam; Neil Randall as well, he was our hire in gaming at that point.
Ray Siemens PERSON
University of British Columbia INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "University of British Columbia, where I ultimately completed my degree"

Evidence Source

University of British Columbia, where I ultimately completed my degree working with a number of digital humanists — but ultimately the brother of one of the key figures in digital humanities, often unsung:
Anne Welsh Interviewer | Utterance #13 | 0 Extractions

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Ray Siemens Interviewee | Utterance #14 | 5 Extractions
Telecommunication Protocol / Internet Protocol TECHNOLOGY
the Internet TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "we call it the Internet for short"

Evidence Source

And I said, “well what is this?” and they said, “Oh, it's Telecommunication Protocol / Internet Protocol”. And I said, “What's that?”, they said “Well, we call it the Internet for short.”
Ray Siemens PERSON
IBM in Toronto ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "one of my work terms was with IBM in Toronto"

Evidence Source

For example, one of my work terms was with IBM in Toronto, I was at [the University of] Waterloo which is very close to Toronto; I was doing documentation in the IBM lab, and they gave me this big pile of books and said, “OK, it's your job to revise these.”
digital humanities FIELD
intersection of computational method and humanities endeavour CONCEPT
Surface Form: "sit at the intersection of computational method and humanities endeavour"

humanities computing FIELD
intersection of computational method and humanities endeavour CONCEPT
Surface Form: "sit at the intersection of computational method and humanities endeavour"

Evidence Source

Now Willard [McCarty] says, digital humanities and humanities computing sit at the intersection of computational method and humanities endeavour.
Ray Siemens PERSON
early Tudor Renaissance English literature FIELD
Surface Form: "my other field is early Tudor Renaissance English literature"

Evidence Source

You may know my other field is early Tudor Renaissance English literature, which is very exciting and dynamic too, but it's very different.
Anne Welsh Interviewer | Utterance #15 | 2 Extractions
Anne Welsh PERSON
St Andrews INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "read literature at St Andrews"

Anne Welsh PERSON
literature FIELD
Surface Form: "read literature at St Andrews"

Evidence Source

I started off the same, I read literature at St Andrews, which is very much the old style, so I know exactly what you mean: dynamic, but in a completely, completely different way.
Ray Siemens Interviewee | Utterance #16 | 4 Extractions
Ray Siemens master's degree DEGREE
late eighties to early nineties, 89–91 TIME_SPAN
Surface Form: "in the late eighties to early nineties, 89–91"

Evidence Source

and I was happy to have had it in graduate school during my master's degree in the late eighties to early nineties, 89–91.
Ray Siemens PERSON
computer gaming FIELD
Surface Form: "was taking courses about computer gaming"

Ray Siemens PERSON
computer assisted learning FIELD
Surface Form: "was taking courses about computer assisted learning"

Ray Siemens PERSON
digital humanities FIELD
Surface Form: "was taking courses about computer assisted learning and what we would now call digital humanities"

Evidence Source

In the English department I was taking courses about computer gaming, I was taking courses about computer assisted learning and what we would now call digital humanities.
Anne Welsh Interviewer | Utterance #17 | 0 Extractions

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Ray Siemens Interviewee | Utterance #18 | 3 Extractions
Paradise Lost LITERARY_WORK
TACT TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "to begin to use text analysis computing tools (TACT from the University of Toronto)"

Evidence Source

Its a very long poem and my first engagement before I sat down and read it — I read it through straight as best I could — was to begin to use text analysis computing tools (TACT from the University of Toronto) it gave me a sense of things that close-reading might uncover.
Ray Siemens PERSON
TACT TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "to begin to use text analysis computing tools (TACT from the University of Toronto)"

TACT TECHNOLOGY
University of Toronto INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "TACT from the University of Toronto"

Evidence Source

my first engagement before I sat down and read it — I read it through straight as best I could — was to begin to use text analysis computing tools (TACT from the University of Toronto) it gave me a sense of things that close-reading might uncover.
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Ray Siemens Interviewee | Utterance #20 | 3 Extractions
Karl Kroeber PERSON
Steve Jones PERSON
Surface Form: "Steve Jones' dissertation advisor"

Evidence Source

(also I believe Steve Jones' dissertation advisor, who's not of the same generation as my father).
Karl Kroeber PERSON
University of Wisconsin INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "dissertation advisor from University of Wisconsin"

Karl Kroeber PERSON
late fifties and early sixties TIME_SPAN
Surface Form: "in the late fifties and early sixties"

Evidence Source

one of them was his own dissertation advisor from University of Wisconsin in the late fifties and early sixties, Karl Kroeber who had done work in this area
Anne Welsh Interviewer | Utterance #21 | 0 Extractions

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Ray Siemens Interviewee | Utterance #22 | 0 Extractions

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Anne Welsh Interviewer | Utterance #23 | 0 Extractions

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Ray Siemens Interviewee | Utterance #24 | 0 Extractions

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Anne Welsh Interviewer | Utterance #25 | 0 Extractions

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Ray Siemens Interviewee | Utterance #26 | 7 Extractions
Ray Siemens PERSON
SIGDOC Group ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "I went to a number of conferences with him, the SIGDOC Group"

Evidence Source

And so I went to a number of conferences with him, the SIGDOC Group, a documentation group under ACM's special interest group structure,
Ray Siemens PERSON
Edmonton CITY
Surface Form: "I grew up in Edmonton"

Evidence Source

I grew up in Edmonton, which is up far away, especially if you go back to twenty/thirty years ago, very far away even by air from larger centres where conferences then would take place and there was a lot going on, it was really exciting.
first joint ACH/ALLC conference CONFERENCE
Toronto CITY
Surface Form: "in 1989 when I was still in that part of the world around Toronto, where the first joint conference between the two groups, ACH and ALLC, took place"

Evidence Source

I was actually right next door with some of the same people in 1989 when I was still in that part of the world around Toronto, where the first joint conference between the two groups, ACH and ALLC, took place.
Ray Siemens PERSON
Society for Teaching, Learning and Higher Education ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "I went to the Society for Teaching, Learning and Higher Education"

Evidence Source

I went to the Society for Teaching, Learning and Higher Education, where a lot of our pedagogical work was being shown off,
first joint ACH/ALLC conference CONFERENCE
1989 TIME
Surface Form: "That was '89"

Evidence Source

That was '89; it's a few years passed since.
SIGDOC Group ORGANISATION
ACM ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "a documentation group under ACM's special interest group structure"

Evidence Source

the SIGDOC Group, a documentation group under ACM's special interest group structure,
first joint ACH/ALLC conference CONFERENCE
ACH and ALLC ORGANISATION_PAIR
Surface Form: "when the two groups came together, the North Americans and the European groups"

Evidence Source

who were then at a conference that was truly momentous, I believe, for our discipline when the two groups came together, the North Americans and the European groups.
Anne Welsh Interviewer | Utterance #27 | 0 Extractions

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Ray Siemens Interviewee | Utterance #28 | 1 Extractions
summer institute in Victoria EVENT
Victoria CITY
Surface Form: "summer institute in Victoria"

Evidence Source

those who are involved in training, and other ventures including what we do at the summer institute in Victoria but, also, those in industry.
Anne Welsh Interviewer | Utterance #29 | 0 Extractions

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Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #1 | 0 Extractions

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Claus Huitfeldt Interviewee | Utterance #2 | 6 Extractions
Claus Huitfeldt PERSON
very early 1980s (’80 or ’81) TIME_SPAN
Surface Form: "that was in the very early 1980s, ’80 or ’81, perhaps"

Evidence Source

I remember that very well, that was in the very early 1980s, ’80 or ’81, perhaps. That was my first experience with computers.
Institute of Continental Shelf Research INSTITUTION
University of Trondheim INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "across the corridor was the Institute of Continental Shelf Research"

Evidence Source

I was a Philosophy student at the University of Trondheim, Norway and across the corridor was the Institute of Continental Shelf Research.
Claus Huitfeldt PERSON
University of Trondheim INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "That was my first experience with computers"

Evidence Source

I was a Philosophy student at the University of Trondheim, Norway … That was my first experience with computers.
University of Trondheim INSTITUTION
Norway COUNTRY
Surface Form: "University of Trondheim, Norway"

Evidence Source

I was a Philosophy student at the University of Trondheim, Norway.
Claus Huitfeldt PERSON
University of Trondheim INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "I was a Philosophy student at the University of Trondheim, Norway"

Evidence Source

I was a Philosophy student at the University of Trondheim, Norway.
DEC computer TECHNOLOGY
VAX/VMS operating system TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "a DEC [Digital Equipment Corporation] machine with the VAX/VMS operating system"

Evidence Source

It was a DEC [Digital Equipment Corporation] machine with the VAX/VMS operating system which had a very good text editor.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #3 | 0 Extractions

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Claus Huitfeldt Interviewee | Utterance #4 | 6 Extractions
Norwegian Wittgenstein Project PROJECT
Philosophy Departments at the four universities of Norway ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "which was a co-operation between the Philosophy Departments at the (then four) universities of Norway"

Evidence Source

a project called the Norwegian Wittgenstein Project, which was a co-operation between the Philosophy Departments at the (then four) universities of Norway.
Claus Huitfeldt PERSON
Wittgenstein’s writings DOCUMENT_COLLECTION
Surface Form: "I was hired to transcribe Wittgenstein’s writings"

Evidence Source

And I was hired to transcribe Wittgenstein’s writings.
Norwegian Wittgenstein Project PROJECT
typewriter transcription and off-site OCR METHOD
Surface Form: "the transcription was done on a typewriter, and then it was OCR-read off site somewhere"

Evidence Source

At that time the transcription was done on a typewriter, and then it was OCR-read off site somewhere.
Norwegian Wittgenstein Project PROJECT
text processing on computers METHOD
Surface Form: "since I had learned to use text processing, we typed it directly into the machine"

Evidence Source

But gradually, since I had learned to use text processing, we typed it directly into the machine, which was wonderful.
Claus Huitfeldt PERSON
Norwegian Wittgenstein Project PROJECT
Surface Form: "I was hired to work on a project called the Norwegian Wittgenstein Project"

Evidence Source

My first encounter was when I was hired to work on a project called the Norwegian Wittgenstein Project, which was a co-operation between the Philosophy Departments at the (then four) universities of Norway.
Norwegian Wittgenstein Project PROJECT
microfilm copy of Wittgenstein’s writings DOCUMENT_COLLECTION
Surface Form: "They had acquired a microfilm copy of Wittgenstein’s writings"

Evidence Source

They had acquired a microfilm copy of Wittgenstein’s writings.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #5 | 0 Extractions

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Claus Huitfeldt Interviewee | Utterance #6 | 4 Extractions
Claus Huitfeldt PERSON
Norwegian Wittgenstein Project PROJECT
Surface Form: "get the job as the leader of the Norwegian Wittgenstein project"

Evidence Source

Later I was fortunate to get the job as the leader of the Norwegian Wittgenstein project.
Claus Huitfeldt PERSON
Norwegian Computing Center for the Humanities INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "with good help from colleagues at the Norwegian Computing Center for the Humanities"

Evidence Source

So I learned to program, and with good help from colleagues at the Norwegian Computing Center for the Humanities, I managed to get into the matter.
Norwegian Wittgenstein Project PROJECT
text encoding TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "had already started using some kind of text encoding"

Norwegian Wittgenstein Project PROJECT
software for processing Wittgenstein materials SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "had written software for doing things with the stuff"

Evidence Source

They had already started using some kind of text encoding and had written software for doing things with the stuff.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #7 | 0 Extractions

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Claus Huitfeldt Interviewee | Utterance #8 | 0 Extractions

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Claus Huitfeldt Interviewee | Utterance #10 | 4 Extractions
Norwegian Computing Center for the Humanities INSTITUTION
applying computing to Humanities FIELD
Surface Form: "they had a staff of people who were trained in applying computing to Humanities"

Evidence Source

And they had a staff of people who were trained in applying computing to Humanities, for example.
Norwegian Computing Center for the Humanities INSTITUTION
1972 TIME
Surface Form: "had been established already in 1972 in Bergen"

Norwegian Computing Center for the Humanities INSTITUTION
Bergen CITY
Surface Form: "had been established already in 1972 in Bergen"

Evidence Source

the Norwegian Computing Center for the Humanities, which had been established already in 1972 in Bergen.
Norwegian Wittgenstein Project PROJECT
Norwegian Computing Center for the Humanities INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "the project was situated in the Norwegian Computing Center for the Humanities"

Evidence Source

Well, by then I had moved to Bergen, and the project was situated in the Norwegian Computing Center for the Humanities, which had been established already in 1972 in Bergen.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #11 | 0 Extractions

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Claus Huitfeldt Interviewee | Utterance #12 | 8 Extractions
Lars H. Hauge PERSON
Norwegian Computing Center for the Humanities INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "the Director of the computing center, Lars H. Hauge"

Evidence Source

But the Director of the computing center, Lars H. Hauge, gave me the self-confidence I needed.
Espen S. Ore PERSON
University of Oslo INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "now at the University of Oslo"

Evidence Source

Espen S. Ore (now at the University of Oslo).
Claus Huitfeldt PERSON
Michael Sperberg-McQueen PERSON
Surface Form: "with whom I have had a close cooperation ever since"

Evidence Source

It was also through the Text Encoding Initiative that I got to know Michael Sperberg-McQueen, with whom I have had a close cooperation ever since, later to be joined by Yves Marcoux from the University of Montreal.
Lars G. Johnsen PERSON
National Library in Oslo INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "now at the National Library in Oslo"

Evidence Source

Lars G. Johnsen (now at the National Library in Oslo).
Claus Huitfeldt PERSON
Text Encoding Initiative PROJECT
Surface Form: "I got in touch with the Text Encoding Initiative, and started to take part in its working group meetings and conferences"

Text Encoding Initiative PROJECT
Text Encoding Initiative working group meetings and conferences EVENT_SERIES
Surface Form: "its working group meetings and conferences"

Evidence Source

Later in the 1980s, I got in touch with the Text Encoding Initiative, and started to take part in its working group meetings and conferences.
Yves Marcoux PERSON
University of Montreal INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "from the University of Montreal"

Evidence Source

later to be joined by Yves Marcoux from the University of Montreal.
Øystein Reigem PERSON
Uni Computing, Bergen INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "now at Uni Computing, Bergen"

Evidence Source

Øystein Reigem (now at Uni Computing, Bergen).
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #13 | 0 Extractions

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Claus Huitfeldt Interviewee | Utterance #14 | 10 Extractions
University of Bergen INSTITUTION
Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen PROJECT
Surface Form: "we got support from the University of Bergen"

Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen PROJECT
10 years TIME_SPAN
Surface Form: "worked on that for 10 years"

Evidence Source

And then we got support from the University of Bergen and worked on that for 10 years.
Claus Huitfeldt PERSON
Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen PROJECT
Surface Form: "worked very hard on establishing a new project, called the Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen"

Evidence Source

So I worked very hard on establishing a new project, called the Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen.
Claus Huitfeldt PERSON
Norwegian Computing Center for the Humanities INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "as a computing consultant of sorts at the Norwegian Centre for Computing in the Humanities"

Evidence Source

So then I had to earn my living as a computing consultant of sorts at the Norwegian Centre for Computing in the Humanities.
Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen PROJECT
1990 TIME
Surface Form: "That project started in 1990"

Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen PROJECT
Wittgenstein Trustees ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "based on an understanding with the Wittgenstein Trustees"

Evidence Source

That project started in 1990, based on an understanding with the Wittgenstein Trustees.
Norwegian Wittgenstein Project PROJECT
lack of clarity about copyright and some other matters CONCEPT
Surface Form: "was closed because of lack of clarity about copyright and some other matters"

Evidence Source

This first project was closed because of lack of clarity about copyright and some other matters.
Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen PROJECT
machine-readable electronic version of the Wittgenstein Nachlass DOCUMENT_COLLECTION
Surface Form: "the agreement allowed us to produce what was called a machine-readable version of the Wittgenstein Nachlass, and to publish it in electronic form"

Evidence Source

We had an agreement with them, and the agreement allowed us to produce what was called a machine-readable version of the Wittgenstein Nachlass, and to publish it in electronic form, but very clearly not to produce anything in book form.
electronic edition of Wittgenstein’s Nachlass DOCUMENT_COLLECTION
Oxford University Press ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "published them with Oxford University Press"

Evidence Source

We spent exactly 10 years transcribing and finishing all the 20,000 pages of Wittgenstein’s Nachlass and published them with Oxford University Press.
Wittgenstein’s writings DOCUMENT_COLLECTION
colleagues in Philosophy in England and Finland PERSON_GROUP
Surface Form: "Wittgenstein had assigned the copyright to his writings to colleagues in Philosophy in England and Finland"

Evidence Source

Wittgenstein had assigned the copyright to his writings to colleagues in Philosophy in England and Finland.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #15 | 0 Extractions

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Claus Huitfeldt Interviewee | Utterance #16 | 5 Extractions
SGML TECHNOLOGY_STANDARD
ISO standard CONCEPT
Surface Form: "SGML had just been established as an ISO standard a few years before"

Evidence Source

SGML had just been established as an ISO standard a few years before.
Claus Huitfeldt PERSON
MECS-based Wittgenstein Archives system SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "which meant that I had to develop all the software"

Evidence Source

So I decided on a code system or markup language (A Multi-Element Code System (MECS)) especially for this, which meant that I had to develop all the software and this was a lot of work.
Claus Huitfeldt PERSON
Multi-Element Code System (MECS) TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "I decided on a code system or markup language (A Multi-Element Code System (MECS)) especially for this"

Multi-Element Code System (MECS) TECHNOLOGY
Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen PROJECT
Surface Form: "a code system or markup language (A Multi-Element Code System (MECS)) especially for this"

Evidence Source

So I decided on a code system or markup language (A Multi-Element Code System (MECS)) especially for this.
Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen PROJECT
SGML TECHNOLOGY_STANDARD
Surface Form: "We, or I, decided not to use SGML for a number of reasons"

Evidence Source

We, or I, decided not to use SGML for a number of reasons.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #17 | 0 Extractions

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Claus Huitfeldt Interviewee | Utterance #18 | 8 Extractions
Wittgenstein’s writings (electronic edition) DOCUMENT_COLLECTION
electronic form FORMAT
Surface Form: "now it is accessible electronically"

Evidence Source

and now it is accessible electronically.
parts of the Wittgenstein Nachlass DOCUMENT_COLLECTION
web TECHNOLOGY_PLATFORM
Surface Form: "parts of the Nachlass is now available on the web"

Evidence Source

Because of the contract restraints it is still not possible although parts of the Nachlass is now available on the web.
Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen PROJECT
Wittgenstein research FIELD
Surface Form: "has become a centre for Wittgenstein research"

Evidence Source

I think it’s simply because it has become a centre for Wittgenstein research and people travel there to see people, other people.
copyright holders of Wittgenstein’s writings PERSON_GROUP
Wittgenstein Nachlass source material DOCUMENT_COLLECTION
Surface Form: "the copyright holders did not want to let that happen"

Evidence Source

it was out of the question because the copyright holders did not want to let that happen.
CD edition of Wittgenstein’s collected works DOCUMENT_COLLECTION
Oxford University Press ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "we published the entire collected works on CD at Oxford University Press"

Evidence Source

So we spent 10 years on this and then we published the entire collected works on CD at Oxford University Press.
Wittgenstein original manuscripts DOCUMENT_COLLECTION
Cambridge CITY
Surface Form: "the originals in Cambridge"

Evidence Source

The whole reason for doing this work was to make the writings accessible so it would not be necessary for scholars to travel to see the originals in Cambridge, in the Austrian National Library and there are a couple of manuscripts in Canada as well.
Wittgenstein manuscripts DOCUMENT_COLLECTION
Canada COUNTRY
Surface Form: "a couple of manuscripts in Canada as well"

Evidence Source

there are a couple of manuscripts in Canada as well.
Wittgenstein original manuscripts DOCUMENT_COLLECTION
Austrian National Library INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "in the Austrian National Library"

Evidence Source

to travel to see the originals in Cambridge, in the Austrian National Library and there are a couple of manuscripts in Canada as well.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #19 | 0 Extractions

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Claus Huitfeldt Interviewee | Utterance #20 | 2 Extractions
Wittgenstein’s unpublished manuscripts DOCUMENT_COLLECTION
four people mentioned in his will PERSON_GROUP
Surface Form: "he gave the copyright of all his unpublished manuscripts to the four people mentioned"

Evidence Source

He said in his will that he gave the copyright of all his unpublished manuscripts to the four people mentioned to publish and dispose of as they think fit.
Wittgenstein’s unpublished manuscripts DOCUMENT_COLLECTION
1951 TIME
Surface Form: "That was 1951"

Evidence Source

That was 1951.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #21 | 0 Extractions

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Claus Huitfeldt Interviewee | Utterance #22 | 0 Extractions

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Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #23 | 0 Extractions

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Claus Huitfeldt Interviewee | Utterance #24 | 0 Extractions

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Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #25 | 0 Extractions

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Claus Huitfeldt Interviewee | Utterance #26 | 5 Extractions
Claus Huitfeldt PERSON
Humanities Computing Center in Bergen INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "for a couple of years after that I was Acting Director of the Humanities Computing Center in Bergen"

Evidence Source

for a couple of years after that I was Acting Director of the Humanities Computing Center in Bergen.
Claus Huitfeldt PERSON
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy POSITION
Surface Form: "I became an Associate Professor of the Department of Philosophy in 1994"

Evidence Source

I became an Associate Professor of the Department of Philosophy in 1994.
Claus Huitfeldt PERSON
Department of Philosophy DEPARTMENT
Surface Form: "In 2002 I picked up the position that I held at the Department of Philosophy since 1994"

Evidence Source

In 2002 I picked up the position that I held at the Department of Philosophy since 1994.
Claus Huitfeldt PERSON
Humanities Computing FIELD
Surface Form: "able to also teach Humanities Computing in Bergen"

Evidence Source

Since then I have been teaching Philosophy and been fortunate enough to be able to also teach Humanities Computing in Bergen.
Claus Huitfeldt PERSON
Philosophy DISCIPLINE
Surface Form: "Since then I have been teaching Philosophy"

Evidence Source

Since then I have been teaching Philosophy.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #27 | 0 Extractions

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Claus Huitfeldt Interviewee | Utterance #28 | 0 Extractions

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Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #29 | 0 Extractions

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Claus Huitfeldt Interviewee | Utterance #30 | 1 Extractions
Claus Huitfeldt PERSON
seminars on document representation, semantics, cognitive processes and technology EVENT_SERIES
Surface Form: "we organised some seminars along those lines"

Evidence Source

These were issues that interested me a lot, so we organised some seminars along those lines and that was quite interesting.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #31 | 0 Extractions

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Claus Huitfeldt Interviewee | Utterance #32 | 3 Extractions
Philosophy DISCIPLINE
language CONCEPT
Surface Form: "Philosophy is a discipline which is performed almost entirely in language"

Evidence Source

Philosophy is a discipline which is performed almost entirely in language: you talk, you listen, you read, you write.
English/American Analytic Philosophy SUBFIELD
Philosophy DISCIPLINE
Surface Form: "philosophical traditions too, mainly the English/American Analytic Philosophy"

Evidence Source

this has to do with philosophical traditions too, mainly the English/American Analytic Philosophy which, to a large extent, is a systematic, problem-oriented discipline.
continental (German) philosophical tradition SUBFIELD
editorial works PRACTICE
Surface Form: "the continental, especially the German tradition, historically had a lot of editorial works"

Evidence Source

Whereas the continental, especially the German tradition, historically had a lot of editorial works.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #33 | 0 Extractions

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Claus Huitfeldt Interviewee | Utterance #34 | 0 Extractions

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Claus Huitfeldt Interviewee | Utterance #38 | 0 Extractions

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Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #1 | 0 Extractions

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Geoffrey Rockwell Interviewee | Utterance #2 | 8 Extractions
Geoffrey Rockwell PERSON
ESL FIELD
Surface Form: "hired to teach ESL"

Evidence Source

At that point I was teaching at this American school - I was partly hired to teach ESL so I started to write little programmes, drill and kill-type programmes.
Geoffrey Rockwell PERSON
'82-'85 TIME_SPAN
Surface Form: "taught from '82-'85"

Evidence Source

I also remember very vividly, this was, I taught from '82-'85, I remember very, very vividly when the first Macintoshes came in and I and a friend who were into computers, we trundled down to the Apple Store in Kuwait City and we sat down and played around with this first Macintosh and it immediately appealed to me.
Geoffrey Rockwell PERSON
Italy COUNTRY
Surface Form: "grew up in"

Evidence Source

I should say I grew up in Italy, so when I was in high school there weren't a lot of computers around.
Geoffrey Rockwell PERSON
India COUNTRY
Surface Form: "took a year studying in India"

Evidence Source

I took a year out of college so it was really, I guess, my fourth year, I took a year studying in India, but it was my second to the last year, when I took this computer science course and from there on in I actually used, I got access to the lab and I hated typing so much that I used the computing facilities.
Geoffrey Rockwell PERSON
University of Washington INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "got credit from the University of Washington"

Evidence Source

One of the teachers, I guess he was a science teacher, taught computing and he ran a class for the teachers and I actually, I believe I got credit from the University of Washington, or something like that, as like an extension class that he ran.
Geoffrey Rockwell PERSON
American school in Kuwait INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "was teaching in an American school in Kuwait"

Evidence Source

So I was sort of hanging out in that culture, then my first job a couple of years after I graduated was as a teacher in the Middle East. I was teaching in an American school in Kuwait and at that point I bought myself a computer — and it was an Apple II clone.
American school in Kuwait INSTITUTION
Apple II lab FACILITY
Surface Form: "had a little Apple II lab"

Evidence Source

The high school was well funded, it had a little Apple II lab and I started to bring my students in to use them to try to do some pedagogical stuff with the computer lab.
Geoffrey Rockwell PERSON
computer science course COURSE
Surface Form: "took a computer science course, or an introduction to computing course"

Evidence Source

When I got to college was when I first encountered computers and I took a computer science course, or an introduction to computing course.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #3 | 0 Extractions

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Geoffrey Rockwell Interviewee | Utterance #4 | 4 Extractions
Willard McCarty PERSON
Centre for Computing in the Humanities (CCH) INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "was the Assistant Director of the Centre for Computing in the Humanities (CCH)"

Evidence Source

I wandered into Willard McCarty's office (I was then at the University of Toronto and Willard was the Assistant Director of the Centre for Computing in the Humanities (CCH)) and I was obviously by now quite into computing and trying to find a community.
Apple Research Partnership Programme (ARPP) PROGRAMME
University of Toronto Computing Services INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "paid for graduate students to be embedded in Computing Services as sort of evangelist trainers and support people"

Evidence Source

In effect this involved Apple paying for mostly graduate students, I think at some other universities it might have been senior undergrads, but at UT it was all graduate students. So they paid for graduate students to be embedded in Computing Services as sort of evangelist trainers and support people and this was a godsend for me, in a number of ways.
Geoffrey Rockwell PERSON
University of Toronto INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "I was then at the University of Toronto"

Evidence Source

So, I spent more money, didn't have a hard drive but I was happy, and just to sort of wrap it all up, a year or so later or whatever, I wandered into Willard McCarty's office (I was then at the University of Toronto and Willard was the Assistant Director of the Centre for Computing in the Humanities (CCH)) and I was obviously by now quite into computing and trying to find a community.
Geoffrey Rockwell PERSON
Microcomputer Support Unit DEPARTMENT
Surface Form: "I was in the Microcomputer Support Unit"

Evidence Source

This was right when the internet was happening, right when the shift from mainframes to, at least at the University of Toronto, I was in the Microcomputer Support Unit, you know — I was probably in the unit that had the largest number of smart people who understood internet computing in all of Canada, and I could hang out there all the time I wanted to and then I was sort of put in charge of, I did a lot of training, and I would meet and I would work with various Faculty members and stuff like that, so that's sort of really the way I took off.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #5 | 0 Extractions

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Geoffrey Rockwell Interviewee | Utterance #6 | 7 Extractions
Geoffrey Rockwell PERSON
HyperCard SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "I became the HyperCard expert"

Geoffrey Rockwell PERSON
University of Toronto Computing Services INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "in '89 I actually got hired by Computing Services"

Evidence Source

A big part of my job was, I became the HyperCard expert, and in '89 I actually got hired by Computing Services because I was embedded, they saw me and got to know me, and I actually took on a full-time job as a text and presentation specialist, I was working under John Bradley in Computing Services.
UTCS INSTITUTION
University of Toronto Computing Services INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "called UTCS for University of Toronto Computing Services"

Evidence Source

I need to stress that this is different from what Willard [McCarty] did, Willard was in CCH, John Bradley and I were in the central Computing Services, [actually called UTCS for University of Toronto Computing Services].
Geoffrey Rockwell PERSON
University of Toronto INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "went to UT in '85"

Evidence Source

No, this is like I'm guessing '86, '87. Well, I went to UT in '85; in '86 or '87 I started as an Apple Research Partner and it was a very interesting programme.
Apple Research Partners programme PROGRAMME
Canada COUNTRY
Surface Form: "it was a Canadian programme"

Evidence Source

They were funding these Apple Research Partners across Canada; it was a Canadian programme.
Apple ORGANISATION
University of Toronto Computing Services INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "gave a Macintosh lab to the University of Toronto Computing Services"

Evidence Source

This was back in the days when computing companies had a lot of money, when there were big margins on personal computers, so Apple, for example, gave a Macintosh lab to the University of Toronto Computing Services and one of the things I did was to run training in that lab on Macintoshes, design it and run courses.
Geoffrey Rockwell PERSON
Apple Research Partner ROLE
Surface Form: "started as an Apple Research Partner"

Evidence Source

Well, I went to UT in '85; in '86 or '87 I started as an Apple Research Partner and it was a very interesting programme.
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Geoffrey Rockwell Interviewee | Utterance #8 | 10 Extractions
Centre for Computing in the Humanities (CCH) INSTITUTION
CETH at Princeton and Oxford INSTITUTION_GROUP
Surface Form: "was a leading unit at the time, along with Oxford and, you know, Susan Hockey was at Princeton at CETH. Toronto, CETH and Oxford were the three major units, at least in the English-speaking world"

Evidence Source

CCH, which was a leading unit at the time, along with Oxford and, you know, Susan Hockey was at Princeton at CETH. Toronto, CETH and Oxford were the three major units, at least in the English-speaking world, and overnight CCH got shut down — why?
University of Toronto Computing Services INSTITUTION
Vice President Information Technology, University of Toronto POSITION
Surface Form: "had at various times reported to a Vice President Information Technology"

Evidence Source

I was part of the University of Toronto Computing Services, which had at various times reported to a Vice President Information Technology or something or other ...
Geoffrey Rockwell PERSON
Italian Department, University of Toronto DEPARTMENT
Surface Form: "I was building labs for the Italian Department"

Evidence Source

It's not building labs for us. I was building labs for the Italian Department.
Geoffrey Rockwell PERSON
Instructional Technology project manager at University of Toronto Computing Services POSITION
Surface Form: "by 1990 or 91, I was actually involved with Instructional Technology, so I was like a project manager"

Evidence Source

Now how did this affect me, because by 1990 or 91, I was actually involved with Instructional Technology, so I was like a project manager.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities (CCH) INSTITUTION
humanities computing research FIELD
Surface Form: "was set up as an academic unit, it had a research function"

Evidence Source

So anyway, CCH was set up as an academic unit, it had a research function.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities (CCH) INSTITUTION
Dean of Arts and Science, University of Toronto POSITION
Surface Form: "reported to the Dean of Arts and Science"

Evidence Source

So CCH reported to the Dean of Arts and Science, which was the big faculty.
University of Toronto Computing Services INSTITUTION
computing service to the university CONCEPT
Surface Form: "we were a service unit"

Evidence Source

So, going back to your original questions, CCH was an academic unit, we were a service unit.
University of Toronto Computing Services INSTITUTION
administrative mainframes for grades and pay cheques TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "had, for example, the big administrative mainframes, you know, people's grades, people's pay cheques and stuff like that"

Evidence Source

The unit I worked for had, for example, the big administrative mainframes, you know, people's grades, people's pay cheques and stuff like that.
University of Toronto Computing Services INSTITUTION
O-Net NETWORK
Surface Form: "ran O-Net"

Evidence Source

They ran the network, they, in fact, ran a lot of the internet in Canada because they ran O-Net.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities (CCH) INSTITUTION
University of Toronto INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "got shut down"

Evidence Source

Toronto, CETH and Oxford were the three major units, at least in the English-speaking world, and overnight CCH got shut down — why? Because they were doing their own stuff and then the Dean, when there were cutbacks, the Dean sort of asked the various Chairs, you know, is this unit supporting you?
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Geoffrey Rockwell and John Bradley PERSON_GROUP
Paris conference in 1994 CONFERENCE
Surface Form: "we presented that paper in '94, I believe it was '94, at the Paris conference in '94"

Evidence Source

And then we began to do what today people would I guess call data mining. We were trying to see if there were any correlations and we presented that paper in '94, I believe it was '94, at the Paris conference in '94.
SIMWEB project PROJECT
TACTweb SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "SIMWEB was built on TACTweb"

SIMWEB project PROJECT
McMaster University INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "it was running at McMaster's"

Evidence Source

I can find the name of the paper — but the paper, I think we were presenting on the SIMWEB project, which may sort of be running somewhere; no, it's probably down now because it was running at McMaster's SIMWEB was built on TACTweb.
Geoffrey Rockwell PERSON
philosophical dialogue CONCEPT
Surface Form: "my thesis was on philosophical dialogue"

Evidence Source

My thesis was, was fairly pure but inevitably I was doing a certain amount of humanities computing on the side, in the sense of, I was using, John Bradley and I decided to, at a certain point, to use our lunch hours to start talking about text analysis. ... And so, because my thesis was on philosophical dialogue we began to do a series of experiments on dialogues, mostly Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion.
Geoffrey Rockwell and John Bradley PERSON_GROUP
University of Toronto card catalogue DATA_SOURCE
Surface Form: "went through the University of Toronto card catalogue year by year"

Evidence Source

So John and I began to, we began to do stuff that people are doing a lot of now but we went through the University of Toronto card catalogue year by year, gathering all the references that had the word dialogue in the title and then we also did a bunch of control words like “Plato” and “Hume” and some other control words and stuff like that.
Eye ConTact paper PUBLICATION
Computing in the Humanities Working Papers (CHWP) PUBLICATION
Surface Form: "is still up on CHWP [Computing in the Humanities Working Papers]"

Evidence Source

The outcome could be, you know, could be a Key word in context (KWIC), a list of words, or, you know, a number — 42 — but the pipeline and the Eye ConTact paper, which is still up on CHWP [Computing in the Humanities Working Papers], sort of came out of that work.
Geoffrey Rockwell and John Bradley PERSON_GROUP
visual programming environment for text analysis SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "We ended up prototyping a visual programming environment for text analysis"

Evidence Source

We ended up prototyping a visual programming environment for text analysis, so there were these two strands to visualisation.
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Perseus project PROJECT
HyperCard SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "Perseus, when it ran on HyperCard"

Perseus project PROJECT
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG) PROJECT
Surface Form: "wrote extensions that searched the TLG [Thesaurus Linguae Graecae]"

Evidence Source

And I was next to Elli Mylonas, showing off the early days of Perseus, when it ran on HyperCard and they wrote extensions that searched the TLG [Thesaurus Linguae Graecae] and the two of us hit it off, the two of us were the two HyperCard hackers.
Willard McCarty PERSON
non-credit graduate course at CCH COURSE
Surface Form: "started running that non-credit graduate course"

Geoffrey Rockwell PERSON
non-credit graduate course at CCH COURSE
Surface Form: "I both took it and I actually did some talks to it"

Evidence Source

And later on when he started running that non-credit graduate course, I both took it and I actually did some talks to it.
joint ACH/ALLC conference 1989 CONFERENCE
University of Toronto INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "was held at the University of Toronto"

Evidence Source

I would say the moment that most brought the sense of community to me was in 1989 when the joint ACH/ALLC conference was held at the University of Toronto.
Geoffrey Rockwell PERSON
Humanist discussion list PROJECT
Surface Form: "I subscribed to Humanist"

Evidence Source

in 1987, when Humanist was started, I think I subscribed within the year, you know, maybe it wasn't '87, it was '88 or something like that, I subscribed to Humanist.
John Bradley PERSON
University of Toronto Computing Services INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "was working for Computing Services"

John Bradley PERSON
Centre for Computing in the Humanities (CCH) INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "very closely connected to CCH"

Evidence Source

John Bradley, who was the lead programmer on TACT, so he was actually very closely connected to CCH, even though he was working for Computing Services.
John Bradley PERSON
TACT SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "was the lead programmer on TACT"

Evidence Source

once I was embedded in UTCS, even when I was just an ARPP person, I was hanging out a lot with John Bradley, who was the lead programmer on TACT, so he was actually very closely connected to CCH, even though he was working for Computing Services.
Humanist discussion list PROJECT
1987 TIME
Surface Form: "in 1987, when Humanist was started"

Evidence Source

So I guess I was aware that there was this thing and in 1987, when Humanist was started, I think I subscribed within the year, you know, maybe it wasn't '87, it was '88 or something like that, I subscribed to Humanist.
Geoffrey Rockwell PERSON
joint ACH/ALLC conference 1989 exhibit hall EVENT
Surface Form: "I had been doing a lot of work in HyperCard and I was one of the exhibitors"

Evidence Source

There was an exhibit hall and I had been doing a lot of work in HyperCard and I was one of the exhibitors, I was actually sitting right next to, what's his name from TUSTEP, who, he did not understand a damn thing I did and I didn't understand a damn thing he did.
Geoffrey Rockwell PERSON
Centre for Computing in the Humanities (CCH) INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "in '85 once I connected with CCH"

Evidence Source

Well, I had a sense in '85 once I connected with CCH, I had a sense.
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Geoffrey Rockwell Interviewee | Utterance #14 | 6 Extractions
Ted Nelson PERSON
conference in Toronto that Rockwell describes EVENT
Surface Form: "gave a talk"

Evidence Source

Anyway, Ted Nelson came to town and gave a talk. I went to his talk, I feel guilty that I didn't go to, Northrop Frye talked at that conference and I didn't go to his talk.
Wilhelm Ott PERSON
TUSTEP SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "Wilhelm Ott could be doing with TUSTEP"

Evidence Source

but of course at that time I was convinced that the PC was passé and anything Wilhelm Ott could be doing with TUSTEP, you know, sure it may have some cool features but it'll be even better on the Mac anyway soon.
George Landow PERSON
hypertext workshop before the conference EVENT
Surface Form: "was supposed to teach a workshop on hypertext"

Evidence Source

Oh, George Landow! So the other thing that made me feel part of the community, George Landow was supposed to, you see the week before there were workshops, he was supposed to teach a workshop on hypertext and he had some family issues, personal issues whatever, he bailed.
Geoffrey Rockwell PERSON
hypertext workshop at the Mac Lab in Computing Services EVENT
Surface Form: "they asked me to teach the hypertext workshop, which I taught at the Mac Lab in Computing Services and I basically taught HyperCard and hypertext"

Evidence Source

So at the last moment they asked me to teach the hypertext workshop, which I taught at the Mac Lab in Computing Services and I basically taught HyperCard and hypertext.
Geoffrey Rockwell PERSON
Digital Humanities conferences EVENT_SERIES
Surface Form: "from about '89 I've been going semi-regularly to the DH conferences and giving papers"

Evidence Source

So I guess that conference was an important one, I think that's probably, after that is when I started going to more and more conferences. I've been to most of the DH conferences, I've probably missed three or four when children were being born, or you know, important things like that, but from about '89 I've been going semi-regularly to the DH conferences and giving papers.
Nikki Yokokura PERSON
teaching Japanese FIELD
Surface Form: "was doing these really cool HyperCard stats for teaching Japanese"

Evidence Source

there was this brilliant young Japanese Studies graduate student, who was doing these really cool HyperCard stats for teaching Japanese; she actually ended up connecting with Apple and some of her things got commercially published — Nikki Yokokura.
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Geoffrey Rockwell PERSON
McMaster humanities computing position POSITION
Surface Form: "I applied and I got the job"

Evidence Source

and anyway, I applied and I got the job.
Sam Cioran PERSON
mcBookmaster language software series SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "had produced a whole series of language software, the first in the mcBookmaster series, which ran on DOS PCs"

Evidence Source

He had partly done that because he had produced a whole series of language software, the first in the mcBookmaster series, which ran on DOS PCs and were sort of drill and kill floppy disk-based ones.
Geoffrey Rockwell PERSON
August 1st 1994 TIME
Surface Form: "I started on August 1st 1994"

Geoffrey Rockwell PERSON
December 23rd 1994 TIME
Surface Form: "I defended December 23rd and that would have been, I guess, 1994"

Evidence Source

I defended December 23rd and that would have been, I guess, 1994, yes, so I started on August 1st 1994, so by December I defended, they converted it to tenure track and the next year they convened some sort of committee, converted it to tenure track and the position.
McMaster humanities computing position POSITION
1994 TIME
Surface Form: "this was in '94"

Evidence Source

It was advertised as a humanities computing position and at this point, so this was in '94,
McMaster humanities computing position POSITION
humanities computing position CONCEPT
Surface Form: "was the first job openly advertised as a humanities computing position"

Evidence Source

It was, as far as I can tell, it was the first job openly advertised as a humanities computing position. You know, it wasn't an English position with some computing thrown in, or something like that. It was advertised as a humanities computing position and at this point, so this was in '94,
McMaster University INSTITUTION
Hamilton, Ontario CITY
Surface Form: "is in Hamilton Ontario"

Evidence Source

So McMaster University, which is in Hamilton Ontario, which is sort of down the lake from Toronto, they advertised a position, it was a two-year position convertible to tenure track.
Geoffrey Rockwell PERSON
Humanities, Media and Computing labs at McMaster University INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "for 10 years I directed the Humanities, Media and Computing labs at McMaster"

Evidence Source

That's when they created the position and so I got hired into a position and for 10 years I directed the Humanities, Media and Computing labs at McMaster.
Sam Cioran PERSON
language labs of the Faculty of Humanities at McMaster FACILITY_GROUP
Surface Form: "had slowly turned the language labs of the Faculty of Humanities at McMaster into computing labs"

Evidence Source

They had had, under Sam Cioran, who was actually someone very important at least in Canadian history in some ways, he was very local but very important, he had slowly turned the language labs of the Faculty of Humanities at McMaster into computing labs.
Humanities, Media and Computing labs at McMaster University INSTITUTION
Humanities students at McMaster University GROUP
Surface Form: "ran the labs that were open to all Humanities students"

Evidence Source

We had both an academic director, namely me, so we had a bit of an academic mission but we also had a service mission. My staff fixed the Dean's computer; we made sure the networking worked right; we ran the labs that were open to all Humanities students;
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humanities computing / multimedia unit at McMaster University DEPARTMENT
2005 TIME
Surface Form: "we were not a department until 2005"

Evidence Source

I can remember one way that that manifested itself was through hiring. Because we were not a department until 2005, whenever we hired a tenure track Prof we got into this, and this happened even when they were hiring me, we got into this situation where we would have a wide ad, we might bring three candidates to campus;
Geoffrey Rockwell PERSON
multimedia and communication studies programmes at McMaster University PROGRAMME_GROUP
Surface Form: "got base funding first and designed a multimedia programme and then later a communication studies programme"

Evidence Source

I got working with the Dean, we got base funding first and designed a multimedia programme and then later a communication studies programme and that's when there was really serious concern that the Faculty was going to cease being a, you know, all the students would be taking multimedia and communication studies and the traditional departments would wither away.
Geoffrey Rockwell PERSON
Dean's Advisory Council, Faculty of Humanities, McMaster University COMMITTEE
Surface Form: "sitting for 10 years on the Dean's advisory council"

Evidence Source

I sat on the Dean's Advisory Council, so one sense of things was sitting for 10 years on the Dean's advisory council and having Chairs snipe at me.
Geoffrey Rockwell PERSON
Assistant to the Dean, Faculty of Humanities at McMaster University POSITION
Surface Form: "I was Assistant to the Dean"

Evidence Source

So, initially I was not in a department, I was Assistant to the Dean, in my capacity as directing a unit, I was Assistant to the Dean.
Geoffrey Rockwell PERSON
Faculty of Humanities, McMaster University INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "had to design three courses which I would teach"

Evidence Source

So, it was like most universities, there are a series of committees you had to take things through and especially when I hit Faculty Council. The first time round I brought in three courses; then we brought in some funding and I had to bring nine courses through.
multimedia programme at McMaster University PROGRAMME
another Humanities degree PROGRAMME
Surface Form: "you could only do multimedia if you combined it with another Humanities degree, you could not do it alone"

Evidence Source

We mitigated that partly, when we were running the multimedia programme we brought it in as a combined honours, you could only do multimedia if you combined it with another Humanities degree, you could not do it alone.
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Ray Siemens PERSON
conference at Victoria CONFERENCE
Surface Form: "organised a conference at Victoria"

Geoffrey Rockwell PERSON
conference at Victoria CONFERENCE
Surface Form: "I once gave a paper at, Ray [Siemens] organised a conference at Victoria"

Evidence Source

I once gave a paper at, Ray [Siemens] organised a conference at Victoria back in the early years when he was still at Malaspina University College (now the University of Vancouver Island) and I gave a paper in which I sort of mentioned this idea.
Malaspina University College INSTITUTION
University of Vancouver Island INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "now the University of Vancouver Island"

Evidence Source

Ray [Siemens] organised a conference at Victoria back in the early years when he was still at Malaspina University College (now the University of Vancouver Island) and I gave a paper in which I sort of mentioned this idea.
Giambattista Vico PERSON
New Science WORK
Surface Form: "his New Science"

New Science WORK
birth of institutions CONCEPT
Surface Form: "is about the birth of institutions"

Evidence Source

So, the sort of philosopher of history and science, Giambattista Vico, his New Science is about the birth of institutions and the thing I always find interesting about it;
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Modern Languages Association (MLA) ORGANISATION
IBM 360/20 computer TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "the computer arrived, it was a 360/20, which is the smallest in that famous 360 line"

Evidence Source

But then the computer arrived, it was a 360/20, which is the smallest in that famous 360 line and the preparations were on-going.
Hans Rutimann PERSON
IBM customer service training PROGRAMME
Surface Form: "went to training classes. But that’s really leading into your second question, “did you receive formal training in programming and computing?” At that time the IBM customer service was excellent and I took courses in operating and programming."

Evidence Source

I said I would think about it, thought about it and I said “yes” and went to training classes. But that’s really leading into your second question, “did you receive formal training in programming and computing?” At that time the IBM customer service was excellent and I took courses in operating and programming.
Hans Rutimann PERSON
Modern Languages Association (MLA) ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "I was a research assistant at the organisation"

Hans Rutimann PERSON
Switzerland COUNTRY
Surface Form: "having come from Switzerland just a year or two before"

Evidence Source

I was a research assistant at the organisation, having come from Switzerland just a year or two before
IBM 360/20 computer TECHNOLOGY
12 K MEMORY_SIZE
Surface Form: "had a memory of only 12 K"

IBM 360/20 computer TECHNOLOGY
16 K MEMORY_SIZE
Surface Form: "later augmented to 16 K"

Evidence Source

In spite of its size, the 360/20 had a memory of only 12 K, later augmented to 16 K.
Modern Languages Association (MLA) ORGANISATION
New York CITY
Surface Form: "at the Modern Languages Association (MLA) in New York"

Evidence Source

It was about 1968 or 1969 and I was at the Modern Languages Association (MLA) in New York.
Modern Languages Association (MLA) ORGANISATION
1968 or 1969 TIME_SPAN
Surface Form: "was in the process of introducing a computer"

Evidence Source

It was about 1968 or 1969 and I was at the Modern Languages Association (MLA) in New York. The MLA at that time was in the process of introducing a computer, mainly to help with administrative tasks.
MLA membership list DATASET
about 30,000 members QUANTITY
Surface Form: "the first task was to convert the membership list, an address list of about 30,000 members"

Evidence Source

the first task was to convert the membership list, an address list of about 30,000 members
MLA membership list DATASET
punched cards TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "Those were all punched on cards."

Evidence Source

Those were all punched on cards.
MLA membership list DATASET
addressograph machine metal plates TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "which at that time were still on metal plates on what we called an addressograph machine"

Evidence Source

which at that time were still on metal plates on what we called an addressograph machine.
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MLA membership list DATASET
administrative computing system at MLA TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "we successfully converted the membership list and went on to other administrative tasks"

Evidence Source

I took the courses and we successfully converted the membership list and went on to other administrative tasks.
IBM COMPANY
Manhattan CITY_DISTRICT
Surface Form: "IBM had a classroom building in Manhattan"

Hans Rutimann PERSON
IBM classroom building in Manhattan PLACE
Surface Form: "I took courses, first in operating and then in programming"

Evidence Source

Yes, IBM had a classroom building in Manhattan and I took courses, first in operating and then in programming.
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IBM training centre mainframe TECHNOLOGY
IBM classroom building in Manhattan PLACE
Surface Form: "they only had one mainframe available"

Evidence Source

I remember another frustration was that they only had one mainframe available.
IBM computing courses in Manhattan PROGRAMME
businesses all over New York that had ordered IBM equipment ORGANISATION_GROUP
Surface Form: "They were from businesses all over New York that had ordered IBM equipment recently"

Evidence Source

They were from businesses all over New York that had ordered IBM equipment recently, or at that point, and needed to programme.
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IBM computing courses in Manhattan PROGRAMME
approximately equal numbers of men and women DEMOGRAPHIC_PATTERN
Surface Form: "it was practically 50/50. It was pretty balanced."

Evidence Source

As I recall it was practically 50/50. It was pretty balanced.
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IBM computing courses in Manhattan PROGRAMME
computer operation and programming FIELD_GROUP
Surface Form: "It was billed as operation (which required a different set of skills to make those huge monsters run) and programming"

Evidence Source

It was billed as operation (which required a different set of skills to make those huge monsters run) and programming (the programming was, at that time, nothing very complex but we had to do something.)
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IBM computing courses in Manhattan PROGRAMME
5–6 months TIME_SPAN
Surface Form: "about 5 months, 6 months"

Evidence Source

Those courses, on average, I would say about 5 months, 6 months.
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IBM computing courses in Manhattan PROGRAMME
two or three times a week TIME_SPAN
Surface Form: "twice or three times a week"

Evidence Source

No, it was sort of twice or three times a week.
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Modern Languages Association (MLA) administrative tasks PROCESS
computing TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "converting all the administrative tasks (accounting, budgeting, membership services etc.) so that they could be done with computing"

Evidence Source

As we worked on converting all the administrative tasks (accounting, budgeting, membership services etc.) so that they could be done with computing
Modern Languages Association (MLA) ORGANISATION
outside firm composing MLA International Bibliography (MLA IB) ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "we also had an outside firm compose the MLA International Bibliography (MLA IB)"

Evidence Source

As we worked on converting all the administrative tasks (accounting, budgeting, membership services etc.) so that they could be done with computing, we also had an outside firm compose the MLA International Bibliography (MLA IB).
MLA International Bibliography (MLA IB) DATABASE
tape with typesetting codes for phototypesetting TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "we would prepare a tape with all the typesetting codes and they would then set the type from this tape"

Evidence Source

By ‘composing’ I mean that we would prepare a tape with all the typesetting codes and they would then set the type from this tape.
MLA International Bibliography (MLA IB) DATABASE
Lockheed COMPANY
Surface Form: "they made it available online as the first international database in the Humanities"

Evidence Source

I drove to Lockheed and gave them the tape and they made it available online as the first international database in the Humanities.
Wilson Company PUBLISHER
library world FIELD
Surface Form: "with the Wilson Company in New York, a publisher of articles and books for the library world."

Wilson Company PUBLISHER
New York CITY
Surface Form: "the Wilson Company in New York"

Evidence Source

I then negotiated, now we’re moving into the late 1970s or early 1980s, with the Wilson Company in New York, a publisher of articles and books for the library world.
Modern Languages Association (MLA) ORGANISATION
reference work in the Humanities CONCEPT
Surface Form: "The MLA was the first organisation to make a reference work in the Humanities available online."

Evidence Source

The MLA was the first organisation to make a reference work in the Humanities available online.
Wilson Quarterly JOURNAL
Wilson Quarterly online service SERVICE
Surface Form: "The Wilson Quarterly also had an online service."

Evidence Source

The Wilson Quarterly also had an online service.
Lockheed COMPANY
online databases DATABASE_COLLECTION
Surface Form: "They made databases available for online searching."

Evidence Source

They made databases available for online searching.
MLA International Bibliography (MLA IB) DATABASE
Humanities FIELD
Surface Form: "made it available online as the first international database in the Humanities"

Evidence Source

they made it available online as the first international database in the Humanities.
MLA International Bibliography (MLA IB) DATABASE
Wilson Company PUBLISHER
Surface Form: "We produced the first CD of the MLA IB to be made available through Wilson."

Evidence Source

We produced the first CD of the MLA IB to be made available through Wilson.
MLA International Bibliography (MLA IB) DATABASE
English, Foreign Languages, Folklore and Linguistics FIELD_GROUP
Surface Form: "was at that time the largest reference work for English, Foreign Languages, Folklore and Linguistics"

Evidence Source

we produced the MLA IB, which was at that time the largest reference work for English, Foreign Languages, Folklore and Linguistics.
Modern Languages Association (MLA) ORGANISATION
Lockheed COMPANY
Surface Form: "We worked at that time with a company called Lockheed, the airplane manufacturer in California."

Lockheed COMPANY
California STATE
Surface Form: "the airplane manufacturer in California"

Evidence Source

We worked at that time with a company called Lockheed, the airplane manufacturer in California.
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DIALOG SERVICE
Lockheed database hosting service SERVICE
Surface Form: "Lockheed spun off that service and called it DIALOG."

Evidence Source

I couldn’t go elsewhere and then Lockheed spun off that service and called it DIALOG.
Lockheed COMPANY
databases from all over DATABASE_COLLECTION
Surface Form: "saw a need to host databases from all over"

Evidence Source

Lockheed, as I understand it, at that time got into computing and machine readable this and machine readable that and saw a need to host databases from all over.
Lockheed COMPANY
online databases DATABASE_COLLECTION
Surface Form: "they, in fact, became the host"

Evidence Source

There was no such thing at that time but they, in fact, became the host.
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Modern Languages Association (MLA) ORGANISATION
Lockheed COMPANY
Surface Form: "it didn’t cost a thing"

Evidence Source

No, as I recall, it didn’t cost a thing. I mean, they put it up online and the terms of the fee structure was that they somehow got a part of the hourly usage from each user.
Lockheed COMPANY
hourly usage fees from each user BUSINESS_MODEL
Surface Form: "they somehow got a part of the hourly usage from each user"

Evidence Source

they somehow got a part of the hourly usage from each user. So, Lockheed got a cut too and they got their money in the end that way.
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MLA International Bibliography (MLA IB) DATABASE
Humanities FIELD
Surface Form: "it was, at that time, the only exclusively Humanities database."

Evidence Source

The MLA IB was our most extensive work and it was, at that time, the only exclusively Humanities database.
Modern Languages Association (MLA) ORGANISATION
online database services such as Lockheed's SERVICE
Surface Form: "We prided ourselves on being the first from the Humanities"

Evidence Source

We prided ourselves on being the first from the Humanities because all the others that came before us were in Science, Social Science or other fields.
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Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) PROJECT
Modern Languages Association (MLA) conference room PLACE
Surface Form: "the early beginnings of TEI were really at the MLA in a conference room that I made available to that group"

Evidence Source

And so the early beginnings of TEI were really at the MLA in a conference room that I made available to that group
Apple COMPANY
MLA annual meeting computer-related exhibits EVENT
Surface Form: "Apple was one of the first to agree to come."

Evidence Source

At that time we had maybe three or four, I remember Apple was one of the first to agree to come.
Joseph Raben PERSON
CHum (Computers and the Humanities journal) JOURNAL
Surface Form: "He founded the journal CHum"

Joseph Raben PERSON
Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "he was also very active in the ACH."

Evidence Source

He founded the journal CHum; he was also very active in the ACH.
Joseph Raben PERSON
Queen's College INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "he was a professor at Queen’s College."

Evidence Source

He was the person who influenced me greatly, he was a professor at Queen’s College.
Computational work on word concordances, frequency studies and authorship tracking FIELD
Humanities research FIELD
Surface Form: "a lot of work being done with the aid of computers, for example, word concordances, frequency studies and authorship tracking"

Evidence Source

I became aware of a lot of work being done with the aid of computers, for example, word concordances, frequency studies and authorship tracking.
Hans Rutimann PERSON
Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) PROJECT
Surface Form: "I made the conference room of the MLA available to a small group and that turned out to be the founding, not the founding meeting, but the beginning of the Text Encoding Initiative."

Evidence Source

I made the conference room of the MLA available to a small group and that turned out to be the founding, not the founding meeting, but the beginning of the Text Encoding Initiative.
MLA annual meeting EVENT
exhibit of scholarly books by book publishers EVENT
Surface Form: "Parallel to the convention we had book publishers organize a huge exhibit of scholarly books."

Evidence Source

Parallel to the convention we had book publishers organize a huge exhibit of scholarly books.
Hans Rutimann PERSON
Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "I was on the board"

Evidence Source

That was also the time that the journal CHum came out, and we organised an Association of Computers and the Humanities. I was on the board
MLA annual meeting EVENT
about 10,000 members QUANTITY
Surface Form: "it usually draws about 10,000 members."

Evidence Source

The MLA has an annual meeting, a fairly large gathering of its members, it usually draws about 10,000 members.
Computers and the Humanities group at MLA GROUP
Modern Languages Association (MLA) ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "there was a very active group of people in the MLA, dealing with computers and the Humanities."

Evidence Source

Very early on, there was a very active group of people in the MLA, dealing with computers and the Humanities.
Computational work on word concordances, frequency studies and authorship tracking FIELD
universities INSTITUTION_TYPE
Surface Form: "most of that work was done at universities"

Evidence Source

We began to dabble in all of this but not very seriously because most of that work was done at universities.
Hans Rutimann PERSON
MLA annual meeting EVENT
Surface Form: "We invited hardware manufacturers, software publishers and related industries to exhibit at the convention."

Evidence Source

We invited hardware manufacturers, software publishers and related industries to exhibit at the convention.
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Computers in the Humanities FIELD
many humanities scholars GROUP
Surface Form: "I experienced a lot of hostility early on, in the late 1960s and early 1970s. I heard comments along the lines of “computers have no business in Humanities disciplines, computing is a scientific instrument and we don’t want to have anything to do with it”."

Evidence Source

First of all, I experienced a lot of hostility early on, in the late 1960s and early 1970s. I heard comments along the lines of “computers have no business in Humanities disciplines, computing is a scientific instrument and we don’t want to have anything to do with it”.
Computing-related work in the Humanities FIELD
Humanities scholarly community GROUP
Surface Form: "any kind of work, be that research with the help of a computer, or the creation of software, or anything related to computing, at that time anyway, got very little recognition."

Evidence Source

So any kind of work, be that research with the help of a computer, or the creation of software, or anything related to computing, at that time anyway, got very little recognition.
Hans Rutimann PERSON
Scholarly Communication and the Technology Information programme PROGRAMME
Surface Form: "That was (or is, I’m still doing that) in the Scholarly Communication and the Technology Information programme."

Evidence Source

That was (or is, I’m still doing that) in the Scholarly Communication and the Technology Information programme.
Computing-related work in the Humanities FIELD
1960s TIME_SPAN
Surface Form: "the hostility against computing early on in the 1960s was profound."

Evidence Source

That was my experience; the hostility against computing early on in the 1960s was profound.
Scholarly Communication and the Technology Information programme PROGRAMME
Project Bamboo PROJECT
Surface Form: "They included the sophisticated digitisation of medieval manuscript collections, infrastructure problems and projects like Bamboo"

Scholarly Communication and the Technology Information programme PROGRAMME
digitisation of medieval manuscript collections PROJECT
Surface Form: "They included the sophisticated digitisation of medieval manuscript collections"

Evidence Source

They included the sophisticated digitisation of medieval manuscript collections, infrastructure problems and projects like Bamboo
Hans Rutimann PERSON
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation FOUNDATION
Surface Form: "when I became a Senior Advisor to the Mellon Foundation."

Evidence Source

We’re talking now about the 1990s, and later, when I became a Senior Advisor to the Mellon Foundation.
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computer-aided instruction FIELD
as an independent field CONCEPT
Surface Form: "the field as such really ceased to exist."

Evidence Source

Of course, now things have developed in so many other ways and the field as such really ceased to exist.
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Engineering Information Foundation (EIF) FOUNDATION
support girls in 11th and 12th grade to choose an engineering career MISSION
Surface Form: "we have an explicit mission to support women, I mean, girls really, in 11th and 12th grade, to choose an engineering career"

Evidence Source

In my work at the EIF we have an explicit mission to support women, I mean, girls really, in 11th and 12th grade, to choose an engineering career
Hans Rutimann PERSON
Engineering Information Foundation (EIF) FOUNDATION
Surface Form: "I’m the President of the foundation"

Evidence Source

I’m the President of the foundation so I think my views are well known.
Engineering Information Foundation (EIF) FOUNDATION
organisations with programmes to attract and retain women in Engineering ORGANISATION_GROUP
Surface Form: "we continue giving grants to organisations that have innovative programmes in helping to attract and retain women in Engineering."

Evidence Source

Large organisations have taken up the cause and we continue giving grants to organisations that have innovative programmes in helping to attract and retain women in Engineering.
Engineering Information Foundation (EIF) FOUNDATION
STEM programmes (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) PROGRAMME
Surface Form: "we’re giving grants to the so-called STEM programmes – Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics – to change the environment in the classroom"

Evidence Source

So, we’re giving grants to the so-called STEM programmes – Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics – to change the environment in the classroom
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library automation projects PROJECT_GROUP
card catalogues TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "earlier projects that dealt with what we used to call library automation, where card catalogues were being converted to digital form or to computer-readable form"

Evidence Source

I also worked with earlier projects that dealt with what we used to call library automation, where card catalogues were being converted to digital form or to computer-readable form.
Digital Humanities (DH) FIELD
traditional Engineering field's biased atmosphere FIELD
Surface Form: "In DH we didn’t fall into the trap in the first place. We managed to stay out of it, luckily."

Evidence Source

It is extremely different than the traditional Engineering field, there we have slow-going change in the atmosphere and climate. In DH we didn’t fall into the trap in the first place. We managed to stay out of it, luckily.
Digital Humanities (DH) projects PROJECT_GROUP
women participants GROUP
Surface Form: "they really did not have the preponderance of men that you would expect in a scientific environment. The majority were women and very effective women."

Evidence Source

When I think of the DH projects that I’ve had to deal with, they really did not have the preponderance of men that you would expect in a scientific environment. The majority were women and very effective women.
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Hans Rutimann PERSON
computing in the Humanities FIELD
Surface Form: "I’m glad to still be involved in what I would call the advancement of computing in the Humanities."

Evidence Source

I’m glad to still be involved in what I would call the advancement of computing in the Humanities.
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Harold Short PERSON
1972 TIME
Surface Form: "[arriving in 1972]"

Evidence Source

[arriving in 1972]
Harold Short PERSON
Mathematics, Computing and Systems DISCIPLINE
Surface Form: "did an Open University degree in Mathematics, Computing and Systems"

Harold Short PERSON
Open University INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "did an Open University degree"

Evidence Source

And so I had a series of jobs in information technology and at the same time did an Open University degree in Mathematics, Computing and Systems.
Harold Short PERSON
United Kingdom COUNTRY
Surface Form: "took the move to the United Kingdom [arriving in 1972]"

Evidence Source

and took the move to the United Kingdom [arriving in 1972],
job advertised at King's College London that combined computing and humanities POSITION
computing and humanities FIELD
Surface Form: "that combined computing and humanities"

Evidence Source

but I saw a job advertised at King's College London that combined computing and humanities.
Harold Short PERSON
International Computers ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "I worked for International Computers"

Harold Short PERSON
British Broadcasting Corporation ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "and then for the British Broadcasting Corporation"

Evidence Source

I worked for International Computers and then for the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Zimbabwe COUNTRY
Rhodesia COUNTRY
Surface Form: "Rhodesia as it was [known then]"

Evidence Source

So, when I came to leave Zimbabwe in 1971, [or] Rhodesia as it was [known then], and took the move to the United Kingdom [arriving in 1972],
Harold Short PERSON
French and English DISCIPLINE
Surface Form: "my undergraduate career, which was in French and English"

Evidence Source

That actually goes back to my undergraduate career, which was in French and English.
university in Central Africa INSTITUTION
Zimbabwe COUNTRY
Surface Form: "at university in Central Africa, in the country that is now Zimbabwe"

Evidence Source

This was at university in Central Africa, in the country that is now Zimbabwe.
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Harold Short PERSON
postgraduate certificate in education QUALIFICATION
Surface Form: "the year I spent doing a postgraduate certificate in education"

Evidence Source

But then, I think probably the more fundamental thing was the year I spent doing a postgraduate certificate in education,
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Roy Wisbey PERSON
European humanities computing FIELD
Surface Form: "one of the pioneers of European humanities computing"

Evidence Source

A man called Roy Wisbey, who was one of the pioneers of European humanities computing,
Roy Wisbey PERSON
Centre for Literary and Linguistic Computing RESEARCH_CENTRE
Surface Form: "he had started something called the Centre for Literary and Linguistic Computing"

Evidence Source

and at Cambridge he had started something called the Centre for Literary and Linguistic Computing,
Harold Short PERSON
BBC engineering DEPARTMENT
Surface Form: "I worked for BBC engineering"

Evidence Source

and in particular, I worked for BBC engineering, which for historical reasons was where the capital budget of the BBC resided,
Centre for Literary and Linguistic Computing RESEARCH_CENTRE
concordances METHOD
Surface Form: "it was mainly to do with concordances"

Evidence Source

And so it was mainly to do with concordances and that kind of thing,
Queen Elizabeth College INSTITUTION
University of London colleges system INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "then it had become independent"

Evidence Source

and then it had become independent in the way that a lot of University of London colleges did.
reconstituted computing services group at King's College London DEPARTMENT
humanities FIELD
Surface Form: "had a role [in] supporting humanities"

Evidence Source

as part of this merger, Roy Wisbey as a Vice Principal ensured that one of the reconstituted computing services groups had a role [in] supporting humanities,
Computer Science Department at King's College London DEPARTMENT
British Computer Society ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "it was so bad that it was in danger of being disaccredited by the British Computer Society"

Evidence Source

at that stage it was so bad that it was in danger of being disaccredited by the British Computer Society.
Harold Short PERSON
King's College London INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "by the time I got to King's in '88"

Evidence Source

but nevertheless, it meant that there was already this long tradition by the time I got to King's in '88,
King's College London INSTITUTION
United Kingdom COUNTRY
Surface Form: "King's is one of the places in the UK, where humanities has always been of particular excellence, it has always been, along with UCL and Oxford and Cambridge, one of the top four or five humanities institutions in Research Assessment Exercises"

Evidence Source

fortunately, King's is one of the places in the UK, where humanities has always been of particular excellence, it has always been, along with UCL and Oxford and Cambridge, one of the top four or five humanities institutions in Research Assessment Exercises and that kind of thing.
Roy Wisbey PERSON
University of Cambridge INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "he'd been at Cambridge"

Roy Wisbey PERSON
King's College London INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "before he came to King's as Professor of German"

Roy Wisbey PERSON
Professor of German POSITION
Surface Form: "Professor of German"

Evidence Source

he'd been at Cambridge before he came to King's as Professor of German,
BBC engineering DEPARTMENT
British Broadcasting Corporation ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "was where the capital budget of the BBC resided"

Evidence Source

I worked for BBC engineering, which for historical reasons was where the capital budget of the BBC resided,
Roy Wisbey PERSON
King's College London INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "Roy Wisbey happened to be a Vice Principal in 1986"

Evidence Source

In fact, one of the reasons for the job that I applied for was that Roy Wisbey happened to be a Vice Principal in 1986,
Harold Short PERSON
British Broadcasting Corporation ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "in the BBC I was first a programmer, then a systems analyst, then a systems manager"

Evidence Source

In one sense that's a difficult question to answer because in the BBC I was first a programmer, then a systems analyst, then a systems manager,
King's College for Women INSTITUTION
King's College INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "it was the women's part of King's College"

Evidence Source

it was the women's part of King's College
Harold Short PERSON
undergraduate programme in humanities and computing PROGRAMME
Surface Form: "One of my first specific tasks was to work with the Humanities Faculty to develop an undergraduate programme in humanities and computing"

Humanities Faculty at King's College London DEPARTMENT
undergraduate programme in humanities and computing PROGRAMME
Surface Form: "to develop an undergraduate programme in humanities and computing"

Evidence Source

One of my first specific tasks was to work with the Humanities Faculty to develop an undergraduate programme in humanities and computing.
Queen Elizabeth College INSTITUTION
King's College for Women INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "Queen Elizabeth College actually had started as King's College for Women"

Evidence Source

Queen Elizabeth College actually had started as King's College for Women,
Assistant Director in the Computing Services for Humanities and Information Management POSITION
King's College London INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "the job I applied for was an Assistant Director in the Computing Services for Humanities and Information Management"

Evidence Source

so the job I applied for was an Assistant Director in the Computing Services for Humanities and Information Management.
project for the BBC transmitters PROJECT
BBC transmitting stations FACILITY
Surface Form: "integrating data from all the different transmitting stations"

Evidence Source

The one exception was a big project I was involved in for the BBC transmitters. [It involved] talking and looking at integrating data from all the different transmitting stations as part of their process of starting to automate more and more of the transmitting stations
use of computers in the humanities at King's College London PRACTICE
late sixties, early seventies TIME_SPAN
Surface Form: "going back to the late sixties, early seventies"

Evidence Source

this was at King's going back to the late sixties, early seventies.
King's College London INSTITUTION
use of computers in the humanities PRACTICE
Surface Form: "there had been a long tradition of the use of computers in the humanities"

Evidence Source

when I got to King's, of course, there had been a long tradition of the use of computers in the humanities, this was at King's going back to the late sixties, early seventies.
Chelsea College of Art INSTITUTION
King's College London INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "a merger of Chelsea College of Art, Queen Elizabeth College and King's"

Queen Elizabeth College INSTITUTION
King's College London INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "a merger of Chelsea College of Art, Queen Elizabeth College and King's"

Evidence Source

when they were discussing a merger of Chelsea College of Art, Queen Elizabeth College and King's.
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first joint international conference of ALLC and ACH CONFERENCE
University of Toronto INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "and it was the University Toronto"

Evidence Source

and it was the University Toronto
first joint international conference of ALLC and ACH CONFERENCE
450 people QUANTITY
Surface Form: "there were 450 people there"

Evidence Source

and there were 450 people there,
1989 TIME
first joint international conference of ALLC and ACH CONFERENCE
Surface Form: "'89 was the first joint international conference of ALLC and ACH"

Evidence Source

because '89 was the first joint international conference of ALLC and ACH,
first joint international conference of ALLC and ACH CONFERENCE
week of workshops before and a week of workshops afterwards EVENT
Surface Form: "there was a week of workshops before and a week of workshops afterwards"

Evidence Source

there was a week of workshops before and a week of workshops afterwards.
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Susan Hockey PERSON
ALLC ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "she later became chair and was chair for 13 years"

Evidence Source

although I'm not absolutely certain but of course she later became chair and was chair for 13 years.
Susan Hockey PERSON
ALLC and ACH associations ORGANISATION_GROUP
Surface Form: "she was very involved in the Associations"

Evidence Source

and she was very involved in the Associations and so on.
Antonio Zampolli PERSON
ALLC ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "was elected president"

Evidence Source

And then Antonio Zampolli, the late Antonio Zampolli, was elected president.
University of Oxford INSTITUTION
humanities computing FIELD
Surface Form: "Oxford would have been thought of as the leading institution"

Evidence Source

At the stage I would have thought Oxford would have been thought of as the leading institution,
Susan Hockey PERSON
ALLC ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "Susan might have been the first secretary"

Evidence Source

I think Susan might have been the first secretary,
University of Oxford INSTITUTION
humanities computing FIELD
Surface Form: "In the UK, there was Oxford, Cambridge, and King's, were the three places where there were humanities computing activities going [on]"

University of Cambridge INSTITUTION
humanities computing FIELD
Surface Form: "In the UK, there was Oxford, Cambridge, and King's, were the three places where there were humanities computing activities going [on]"

King's College London INSTITUTION
humanities computing FIELD
Surface Form: "In the UK, there was Oxford, Cambridge, and King's, were the three places where there were humanities computing activities going [on]"

Evidence Source

In the UK, there was Oxford, Cambridge, and King's, were the three places where there were humanities computing activities going [on].
Roy Wisbey PERSON
ALLC ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "Roy was elected the first chair"

Evidence Source

Roy was elected the first chair.
Susan Hockey PERSON
University of Oxford INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "Susan Hockey was there"

Evidence Source

Susan Hockey was there,
meeting of ALLC EVENT
King's College London INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "The meeting of ALLC happened to have been at King's"

Evidence Source

The meeting of ALLC happened to have been at King's
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Centre for Computing Humanities at Toronto RESEARCH_CENTRE
computing in the humanities FIELD
Surface Form: "was seen as probably the leading institution in the world at that time"

Evidence Source

and the Centre for Computing Humanities at Toronto was seen as probably the leading institution in the world at that time.
Humanist PROJECT
a few years old TIME_SPAN
Surface Form: "Humanist was a few years old"

Evidence Source

Humanist was a few years old
Willard McCarty PERSON
Toronto CITY
Surface Form: "Willard McCarty was there then"

Evidence Source

Toronto was certainly one of the places that people thought of being, as Willard McCarty was there then.
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Barry Ive PERSON
vice principle POSITION
Surface Form: "by this stage he was a vice principle"

Evidence Source

a man called Barry Ive, by this stage he was a vice principle,
Centre for Computing in the Humanities DEPARTMENT
2002 TIME
Surface Form: "from 2002 we became, in April in 2002, we were formally brought into the School of Humanities as an academic department"

Evidence Source

And so from 2002 we became, in April in 2002, we were formally brought into the School of Humanities as an academic department.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities DEPARTMENT
undergraduate programmes PROGRAMME
Surface Form: "we were teaching undergraduate programmes"

Evidence Source

because of all the academic stuff we were doing, we were teaching undergraduate programmes,
Information Services Department DEPARTMENT
service delivery department CONCEPT
Surface Form: "ISD, Information Services, needed to refocus as a service delivery department"

Evidence Source

but he thought ISD, Information Services, needed to refocus as a service delivery department,
Harold Short PERSON
conference in Australia in 2001 EVENT
Surface Form: "just as I was leaving for a conference in Australia in 2001"

Evidence Source

I'd heard the news about the IS Director's viewpoint just as I was leaving for a conference in Australia in 2001,
Research Unit in Humanities Computing DEPARTMENT
School of Humanities at King's College London DEPARTMENT
Surface Form: "It agreed to fund one post"

Research Unit in Humanities Computing DEPARTMENT
computing centre at King's College London DEPARTMENT
Surface Form: "the computing centre agreed to one of my team's posts being dedicated"

Evidence Source

It agreed to fund one post and the computing centre agreed to one of my team's posts being dedicated to something we called the Research Unit in Humanities Computing.
computing services at King's College London DEPARTMENT
Information Services DEPARTMENT
Surface Form: "the merger of computing services with the library into something called Information Services"

Harold Short PERSON
Assistant Director of computing services POSITION
Surface Form: "as Assistant Director of computing services"

Evidence Source

one of the things that I got very involved in, as Assistant Director of computing services was the merger of computing services with the library into something called Information Services,
Director of Information Services POSITION
Centre for Computing in the Humanities DEPARTMENT
Surface Form: "decided that the Centre for Computing in the Humanities was not a good fit"

Evidence Source

So then there was a new Director of Information Services in the early 2000s, who decided that the Centre for Computing in the Humanities was not a good fit,
Research Unit in Humanities Computing DEPARTMENT
Centre for Computing in the Humanities DEPARTMENT
Surface Form: "the change of name from Research Unit in Humanities Computing to Centre for Computing in the Humanities"

Evidence Source

So, the expansion is what led to the change of name from Research Unit in Humanities Computing to Centre for Computing in the Humanities.
Barry Ive PERSON
Head of the School of Humanities POSITION
Surface Form: "had previously been Head of the School of Humanities"

Evidence Source

someone who had previously been Head of the School of Humanities and very supportive of the development of, first of all, the Research Unit in Humanities Computing and then the Centre for Computing in the Humanities, a man called Barry Ive,
Centre for Computing in the Humanities DEPARTMENT
service role in projects CONCEPT
Surface Form: "we were not a service, we didn't have a service role in our projects, we only took on projects if it was as equal partners"

Evidence Source

the crucial thing from the very outset is that we were not a service, we didn't have a service role in our projects, we only took on projects if it was as equal partners.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities DEPARTMENT
Department of Digital Humanities DEPARTMENT
Surface Form: "the change of name from CCH to Department of Digital Humanities, DDH"

Evidence Source

We actually agreed the change of name from CCH to Department of Digital Humanities, DDH,
Centre for Computing in the Humanities DEPARTMENT
late 2009, early 2010 TIME_SPAN
Surface Form: "in late 2009, early 2010"

Evidence Source

We actually agreed the change of name from CCH to Department of Digital Humanities, DDH, we thought that would be easy for people to remember, in late 2009, early 2010.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities DEPARTMENT
master's programme PROGRAMME
Surface Form: "we had just announced the development of a master's programme"

Evidence Source

we had just announced the development of a master's programme,
Centre for Computing in the Humanities DEPARTMENT
School of Humanities at King's College London DEPARTMENT
Surface Form: "we were formally brought into the School of Humanities as an academic department"

Evidence Source

we were formally brought into the School of Humanities as an academic department.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities DEPARTMENT
research projects PROJECT
Surface Form: "we were involved in large numbers of, by this stage, large numbers of research projects"

Evidence Source

we were involved in large numbers of, by this stage, large numbers of research projects,
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Fine Rolls of Henry the 3rd project PROJECT
Arts and Humanities Research Council ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "one of their flagship projects"

Evidence Source

And now, the AHRC talk about it as one of their flagship projects,
Janet Nelson PERSON
Royal Historical Society INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "who is a former president of the Royal Historical Society"

Evidence Source

and who is a former president of the Royal Historical Society,
Arts and Humanities Research Council ORGANISATION
funding ceiling CONCEPT
Surface Form: "has a ceiling"

Evidence Source

because at that time the Arts and Humanities Research [Council] (AHRC), well they still do, has a ceiling, so your whole bit had to be under a particular limit.
fine (in the period of Henry the 3rd) CONCEPT
the king PERSON_ROLE
Surface Form: "a fine at stage was any kind of payment to the king"

Evidence Source

If you don't know, a fine at stage was any kind of payment to the king,
Janet Nelson PERSON
Carolingian history FIELD
Surface Form: "probably the world's leading historian of Carolingian history"

Evidence Source

one of the, probably the world's leading historian of Carolingian history.
Janet Nelson PERSON
British Academy INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "who is a fellow of the British Academy"

Evidence Source

there's a lovely lady called Janet Nelson who is a fellow of the British Academy
fine (modern sense) CONCEPT
penalty payment CONCEPT
Surface Form: "these days it's a penalty payment"

Evidence Source

these days it's a penalty payment.
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Centre for Computing in the Humanities DEPARTMENT
School of Humanities at King's College London DEPARTMENT
Surface Form: "they wanted us to come in as part of the school"

Evidence Source

by the time the issue came up of whether the information services would keep us or not, the School of Humanities already believed that we were so essential to their future that they wanted us to come in as part of the school.
John Unsworth PERSON
first generation resources CONCEPT
Surface Form: "what John Unsworth has called “first generation resources.”"

Evidence Source

in a sense that it was an individual doing things that he or she was interested in doing and producing, what John Unsworth has called “first generation resources.”
centres for computing in the humanities RESEARCH_CENTRE
their host institutions INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "there were thriving centres for computing in the humanities, but they weren't embedded, they were appendices to the institution"

Evidence Source

there were thriving centres for computing in the humanities, but they weren't embedded, they were appendices to the institution,
Anne Welsh Interviewer | Utterance #28 | 2 Extractions
Anne Welsh PERSON
librarian PROFESSION
Surface Form: "I'm a librarian"

Anne Welsh PERSON
library manager PROFESSION
Surface Form: "I've been a library manager"

Evidence Source

although I should have because I'm a librarian and I've been a library manager
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #29 | 0 Extractions

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Harold Short Interviewee | Utterance #30 | 0 Extractions

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Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #1 | 0 Extractions

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Helen Agüera Interviewee | Utterance #2 | 6 Extractions
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG) PROJECT
early 1970s TIME_SPAN
Surface Form: "began getting funding in the early 1970s"

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) ORGANISATION
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG) PROJECT
Surface Form: "had been funding"

Evidence Source

The NEH had been funding some of these projects since the 1970s, primarily, one large text corpus, the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG),Footnote1 which began getting funding in the early 1970s.
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) ORGANISATION
project to do concordances to the works of Darwin PROJECT
Surface Form: "funded a project to do concordances to the works of Darwin"

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) ORGANISATION
project to do concordances to the works of William Faulkner PROJECT
Surface Form: "funded a project to do concordances to the works of Darwin and to the works of William Faulkner"

Evidence Source

We funded a project to do concordances to the works of Darwin and to the works of William Faulkner, for instance, and then from the output of the computer they created print products.Footnote2
Helen Agüera PERSON
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "joined the NEH in 1979"

Evidence Source

Well, when I joined the NEH in 1979 I had no personal experience with computing technology.
Division of Research programme (NEH) PROGRAMME
preparation of research tools, reference works and scholarly editions ACTIVITY
Surface Form: "supported the preparation of research tools, reference works and scholarly editions"

Evidence Source

You know, I started working in a programme in the “Division of Research” that supported the preparation of research tools, reference works and scholarly editions.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #3 | 0 Extractions

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Helen Agüera Interviewee | Utterance #4 | 3 Extractions
Division of Research programme (NEH) PROGRAMME
guidelines for projects that involved the use of computers POLICY
Surface Form: "introduced a separate set of guidelines for projects that involved the use of computers"

Evidence Source

Now, I believe it was probably in 1979, just shortly after I joined NEH, that the programme introduced a separate set of guidelines for projects that involved the use of computers.
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) ORGANISATION
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG) PROJECT
Surface Form: "made many awards to it"

Evidence Source

So, the TLG as a pure database was obviously was a little different, but, because it had the support of the entire field at the time (it was always well-received) we made many awards to it.
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG) PROJECT
electronic use rather than as a printed work CONCEPT
Surface Form: "was the only one that really was intended to be used electronically rather than as a printed work that anyone could use in a library, or wherever"

Evidence Source

The TLG was a little bit different because it was the only one that really was intended to be used electronically rather than as a printed work that anyone could use in a library, or wherever.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #5 | 0 Extractions

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Helen Agüera Interviewee | Utterance #6 | 1 Extractions
Classics FIELD
whole corpus of Greek CORPUS
Surface Form: "being able to query the whole corpus of Greek was such an important part of the scholarly work they did"

Evidence Source

For Classics at that time being able to query the whole corpus of Greek was such an important part of the scholarly work they did.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #7 | 0 Extractions

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Helen Agüera Interviewee | Utterance #8 | 5 Extractions
Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) ORGANISATION
conferences in the United States EVENT_TYPE
Surface Form: "was having conferences"

Evidence Source

At the time the main organisation that was having conferences, at least here in the United States, was the ACH.
Helen Agüera PERSON
ACH meeting at South Carolina (1987) EVENT
Surface Form: "my first recollection of going to a meeting was in 1987 at South Carolina"

Evidence Source

I went to an early 1980s conference, but my first recollection of going to a meeting was in 1987 at South Carolina.
Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) PROJECT
international meeting on guidelines for encoding text in the humanities EVENT
Surface Form: "to hold an international meeting"

Evidence Source

That planning grant was for TEI to hold an international meeting.
Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) PROJECT
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "to apply to NEH for support"

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) ORGANISATION
Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) PROJECT
Surface Form: "funded the first planning grant to them"

Evidence Source

That started the opportunity for the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) to apply to NEH for support and we funded the first planning grant to them.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #9 | 0 Extractions

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Helen Agüera Interviewee | Utterance #10 | 2 Extractions
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) ORGANISATION
development of a typewriter element for Coptic PROJECT
Surface Form: "we supported that"

Evidence Source

An example is the development of a typewriter element for Coptic because there was no way for people to use existing typewriters to create that, so we supported that.
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) ORGANISATION
tools that were going to facilitate research in the Humanities CONCEPT
Surface Form: "to support tools that were going to facilitate research in the Humanities"

Evidence Source

But the Endowment always thought it was important to support tools that were going to facilitate research in the Humanities.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #11 | 0 Extractions

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Helen Agüera Interviewee | Utterance #12 | 1 Extractions
Research Materials programme (NEH) PROGRAMME
various tools and scholarly editions PROJECT_TYPE
Surface Form: "supported all the various tools, scholarly editions, and so forth"

Evidence Source

The “Research Materials” programme supported all the various tools, scholarly editions, and so forth.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #13 | 0 Extractions

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Helen Agüera Interviewee | Utterance #14 | 9 Extractions
Greg Crane PERSON
computing technology for Classics and the Humanities CONCEPT
Surface Form: "is well known for his promotion of computing technology, first for Classics, but really for the Humanities largely"

Evidence Source

Greg Crane is well known for his promotion of computing technology, first for Classics, but really for the Humanities largely.
Peter Shillingsburg PERSON
scholarly editions in History and in literature PROJECT_TYPE
Surface Form: "were creating scholarly editions in History and in literature"

David Chesnutt PERSON
scholarly editions in History and in literature PROJECT_TYPE
Surface Form: "were creating scholarly editions in History and in literature"

Evidence Source

I also worked a little bit with people in scholarly editions like Peter Shillingsburg and David ChesnuttFootnote5 who were creating scholarly editions in History and in literature.
John Nitti PERSON
Dictionary of the Old Spanish Language PROJECT
Surface Form: "worked on the Dictionary of the Old Spanish Language"

Evidence Source

I remember John Nitti who worked on the Dictionary of the Old Spanish Language (see Chap. 9), and he was involved with computer scientists and actually doing the programming.
Nancy Ide PERSON
guidelines for encoding text and for ways of archiving material so that it can be reusable CONCEPT
Surface Form: "were very outspoken in terms of the need to come up with guidelines for encoding text and for ways of archiving material so that it can be reusable"

Susan Hockey PERSON
guidelines for encoding text and for ways of archiving material so that it can be reusable CONCEPT
Surface Form: "were very outspoken in terms of the need to come up with guidelines for encoding text and for ways of archiving material so that it can be reusable"

Michael Sperberg-McQueen PERSON
guidelines for encoding text and for ways of archiving material so that it can be reusable CONCEPT
Surface Form: "were very outspoken in terms of the need to come up with guidelines for encoding text and for ways of archiving material so that it can be reusable"

Evidence Source

In the context of text encoding I remember Nancy Ide, Susan Hockey (see Chap. 6) and Michael Sperberg-McQueen (see Chap. 12). They were very outspoken in terms of the need to come up with guidelines for encoding text and for ways of archiving material so that it can be reusable.
Ted Brunner PERSON
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG) PROJECT
Surface Form: "was the lead person on this"

Ted Brunner PERSON
use of computer technology for his field CONCEPT
Surface Form: "was very outspoken on the use of computer technology for his field"

Evidence Source

Ted BrunnerFootnote4 was the lead person on this in the 1970s and 1980s and he was very outspoken on the use of computer technology for his field.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #15 | 0 Extractions

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Helen Agüera Interviewee | Utterance #24 | 2 Extractions
L’Année Philologique PROJECT
classical bibliography CONCEPT
Surface Form: "the classical bibliography, L’Année Philologique"

Evidence Source

For instance, we worked with the classical bibliography, L’Année Philologique Footnote6 for many years to make them understand the need to be self-sustaining.
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) ORGANISATION
L’Année Philologique PROJECT
Surface Form: "helped support that"

Evidence Source

Not only did they have a lot of bibliographic work to do, and we helped support that, but every year they had new work to do, as new publications came out.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #25 | 0 Extractions

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Helen Agüera Interviewee | Utterance #26 | 2 Extractions
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG) PROJECT
over 40 years TIME_SPAN
Surface Form: "in existence for over 40 years now"

Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG) PROJECT
an endowment plus a subscription FUNDING_MODEL
Surface Form: "have received institutional support, support from the field, an endowment plus a subscription that I think they still have for part of their database"

Evidence Source

The TLG is a good example. I think they’re in existence for over 40 years now and they have received institutional support, support from the field, an endowment plus a subscription that I think they still have for part of their database.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #27 | 0 Extractions

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Helen Agüera Interviewee | Utterance #28 | 0 Extractions

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Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #29 | 0 Extractions

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Helen Agüera Interviewee | Utterance #30 | 5 Extractions
Nancy Ide PERSON
Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "in the ACH"

Susan Hockey PERSON
Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "in the ACH"

Evidence Source

Initially there were some women in the ACH: I mentioned Nancy Ide and Susan Hockey.
Assyrian Dictionary (University of Chicago) PROJECT
1923 TIME
Surface Form: "started in 1923"

Assyrian Dictionary (University of Chicago) PROJECT
computers TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "was working with computers a lot"

Evidence Source

It started in 1923, and it finished everything manually, well not manually, at the end it was working with computers a lot.
Assyrian Dictionary (University of Chicago) PROJECT
University of Chicago INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "at the University of Chicago"

Evidence Source

We had a project, the Assyrian Dictionary at the University of Chicago that did everything manually.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #31 | 0 Extractions

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Helen Agüera Interviewee | Utterance #32 | 1 Extractions
Classics FIELD
philology FIELD
Surface Form: "the field had, I think, that tradition of philology"

Evidence Source

Or, in the case of Classics, it was important because the field had, I think, that tradition of philology, or enquiry into specific use of words and phrases within the entire corpus.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #33 | 0 Extractions

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Helen Agüera Interviewee | Utterance #34 | 0 Extractions

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Helen Agüera Interviewee | Utterance #36 | 1 Extractions
Encyclopaedia of Philosophy REFERENCE_WORK
fully online encyclopaedia CONCEPT
Surface Form: "was the first fully online encyclopaedia"

Evidence Source

Looking, for instance, at Philosophy, first it was bibliographic controls, then the Encyclopaedia of Philosophy was the first fully online encyclopaedia.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #37 | 0 Extractions

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Helen Agüera Interviewee | Utterance #38 | 1 Extractions
Office of Digital Humanities PROGRAMME
how technology affects our lives and the way we do research on the cutting edge use of computers in the Humanities CONCEPT
Surface Form: "is looking at those other questions from how technology affects our lives and the way we do research on what should be the cutting edge of the use of computers in the Humanities"

Evidence Source

Now I’m pleased that there’s the Office of Digital HumanitiesFootnote7 that is looking at those other questions from how technology affects our lives and the way we do research on what should be the cutting edge of the use of computers in the Humanities.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #39 | 0 Extractions

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Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #1 | 0 Extractions

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John Bradley Interviewee | Utterance #2 | 4 Extractions
Computer Science (University of Waterloo) DISCIPLINE
Mathematics Faculty (University of Waterloo) FACULTY
Surface Form: "was part of their Mathematics Faculty"

Evidence Source

Computer Science was part of their Mathematics Faculty
John Bradley PERSON
Gravenhurst, Ontario CITY
Surface Form: "my home, which was in Gravenhurst Ontario"

Evidence Source

I remember reading it on the bus on the 100 mile trip going from Toronto to my home, which was in Gravenhurst Ontario.
John Bradley PERSON
University of Waterloo UNIVERSITY
Surface Form: "was sent by my high school to the University of Waterloo"

Evidence Source

Relatively early on, let’s say about 1965 or so, I was sent by my high school to the University of Waterloo
University of Waterloo UNIVERSITY
Computer Science DISCIPLINE
Surface Form: "was very active in the early days of Computer Science"

Evidence Source

Relatively early on, let’s say about 1965 or so, I was sent by my high school to the University of Waterloo, which was very active in the early days of Computer Science.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #3 | 0 Extractions

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John Bradley Interviewee | Utterance #4 | 1 Extractions
FORTRAN PROGRAMMING_LANGUAGE
mathematical calculations CONCEPT
Surface Form: "is a programming language for doing mathematical calculations"

Evidence Source

FORTRAN is a programming language for doing mathematical calculations.
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John Bradley Interviewee | Utterance #6 | 5 Extractions
John Bradley PERSON
Music DISCIPLINE
Surface Form: "I decided I was going to do music instead. So, I went to a small music school and did an undergraduate degree"

Evidence Source

But suddenly there’s a change and I decided I was going to do music instead. So, I went to a small music school and did an undergraduate degree.
John Bradley PERSON
University of Waterloo UNIVERSITY
Surface Form: "did what was classified as a Bachelor of Mathematics degree at Waterloo"

Evidence Source

I did what was classified as a Bachelor of Mathematics degree at Waterloo
John Bradley PERSON
Computer Science DISCIPLINE
Surface Form: "it was really in Computer Science"

Evidence Source

I did what was classified as a Bachelor of Mathematics degree at Waterloo but it was really in Computer Science.
John Bradley PERSON
Masters programme in Computer Science at the University of Toronto PROGRAMME
Surface Form: "I was accepted onto the Masters programme in Computer Science at the University of Toronto"

Evidence Source

I was accepted onto the Masters programme in Computer Science at the University of Toronto.
University of Waterloo UNIVERSITY
IBM 360 mainframe COMPUTER_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "this big IBM 360 mainframe sitting down there"

Evidence Source

You’d walk into the faculty building and the first thing you saw was this lowered floor and this big IBM 360 mainframe sitting down there
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #7 | 0 Extractions

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John Bradley Interviewee | Utterance #8 | 8 Extractions
John Bradley PERSON
University of Toronto UNIVERSITY
Surface Form: "I went to the University of Toronto to work"

Evidence Source

but after a few terms of that I decided to switch and I went to the University of Toronto to work.
John Bradley PERSON
Ontario’s Department of Highways GOVERNMENT_DEPARTMENT
Surface Form: "started off working for Ontario’s Department of Highways"

Evidence Source

I started off working for Ontario’s Department of Highways
Co-op programme (University of Waterloo) PROGRAMME
alternating 4-month work and 4-month study terms TIME_SPAN
Surface Form: "alternated terms with work experience. You had to get a job for 4 months and then you studied for 4 months"

Evidence Source

I was in Waterloo’s Co-op programme which alternated terms with work experience. You had to get a job for 4 months and then you studied for 4 months
John Bradley PERSON
University of Toronto Computer Services Department (UTCS) DEPARTMENT
Surface Form: "working at the University of Toronto in their Computer Services Department, the UTCS it was called"

Evidence Source

I was, by then, working at the University of Toronto in their Computer Services Department, the UTCS it was called.
Co-op programme (University of Waterloo) PROGRAMME
5 years TIME_SPAN
Surface Form: "It lasted for 5 years"

Evidence Source

It lasted for 5 years (ordinarily it was a 4 year degree but it included this extra time for work experience).
Text of Diodorus Siculus TEXT
Key Word in Context (KWIC) concordance METHOD
Surface Form: "interested in generating a concordance"

Evidence Source

My boss said “we have someone who’s interested in generating a concordance”. The text was by Diodorus Siculus. ... They had to dedicate a printer to this Key Word in Context (KWIC) concordance
John Bradley PERSON
custom concordance software for Diodorus Siculus SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "they asked if I could just write something to do the job. So I did and it ran"

Evidence Source

So they asked if I could just write something to do the job. So I did and it ran.
Oxford Concordance Programme (OCP) SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
generating a concordance METHOD
Surface Form: "had tried to set up the Oxford Concordance Programme (OCP)"

Evidence Source

They had tried to set up the Oxford Concordance Programme (OCP; see Hockey interview, Chap. 6).
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #9 | 0 Extractions

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John Bradley Interviewee | Utterance #10 | 4 Extractions
Concordance Generating System (COGS) SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
University of Toronto UNIVERSITY
Surface Form: "went on to do a number of similar jobs for other texts at the University of Toronto"

Evidence Source

and it went on to do a number of similar jobs for other texts at the University of Toronto.
John Bradley PERSON
Concordance Generating System (COGS) SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "I called the software Concordance Generating System (COGS)"

Evidence Source

I called the software Concordance Generating System (COGS)
Concordance Generating System (COGS) SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
very late 1970s TIME_SPAN
Surface Form: "Probably the very late 1970s"

Evidence Source

Probably the very late 1970s. I called the software Concordance Generating System (COGS)
Text Group (UTCS) UNIT
time sharing text applications TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "My group was given the job of preparing training for that and supporting people who were taking it up. It was called the Text Group"

Evidence Source

The department was therefore interested in time sharing rather than personal word processing. My group was given the job of preparing training for that and supporting people who were taking it up. It was called the Text Group.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #11 | 0 Extractions

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John Bradley Interviewee | Utterance #12 | 11 Extractions
Ian Lancashire PERSON
Digital Humanities in Canada FIELD
Surface Form: "really important for DH in Canada"

Evidence Source

An important one was Ian Lancashire who you’ve probably had mentioned to you before, and I think Ian’s really important for DH in Canada.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities (CCH) at Toronto CENTRE
University of Toronto faculty ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "convinced the faculty to support it"

Evidence Source

and convinced the faculty to support it
Russell Wooldridge PERSON
text analysis approaches METHOD
Surface Form: "both of them quite interested in text, and what we now think of as text analysis approaches"

Ed Heinemann PERSON
text analysis approaches METHOD
Surface Form: "both of them quite interested in text, and what we now think of as text analysis approaches"

Evidence Source

both of them quite interested in text, and what we now think of as text analysis approaches.
John Bradley PERSON
Ian Lancashire PERSON
Surface Form: "we worked together to package up things like COGS, and so on, for students to explore"

Evidence Source

he became quite interested in teaching it to his students and we worked together to package up things like COGS, and so on, for students to explore.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities (CCH) at Toronto CENTRE
IBM Canada COMPANY
Surface Form: "He convinced IBM Canada to provide some funding in support of this"

Evidence Source

He convinced IBM Canada to provide some funding in support of this
Centre for Computing in the Humanities (CCH) at Toronto CENTRE
Ian Lancashire PERSON
Surface Form: "He managed to get an operation called the Centre for Computing in the Humanities (CCH) started"

Evidence Source

He managed to get an operation called the Centre for Computing in the Humanities (CCH) started
Willard McCarty PERSON
University of Toronto UNIVERSITY
Surface Form: "people like Willard [McCarty] were around at Toronto as well"

Evidence Source

Ian was also quite keen on this; by this point people like Willard [McCarty] were around at Toronto as well.
Russell Wooldridge PERSON
French Department (University of Toronto) DEPARTMENT
Surface Form: "mainly in the French Department, Russell Wooldridge comes to mind"

Ed Heinemann PERSON
French Department (University of Toronto) DEPARTMENT
Surface Form: "mainly in the French Department"

Evidence Source

there was a group of people, mainly in the French Department, Russell Wooldridge comes to mind and Ed Heinemann
Computer Central Services (University of Toronto) UNIT
academics at University of Toronto GROUP
Surface Form: "a bit of a partnership between Computer Central Services and the academic"

Evidence Source

this was still a time when the work was thought of as a bit of a partnership between Computer Central Services and the academic.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #13 | 0 Extractions

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John Bradley Interviewee | Utterance #14 | 3 Extractions
John Bradley PERSON
Word Group UNIT
Surface Form: "I was head of the Word Group"

Evidence Source

I was head of the Word Group and so we did courses on things like WordPerfect
Word Group UNIT
WordPerfect and Windows-oriented word processing software SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "we did courses on things like WordPerfect and, in time, Windows-oriented software"

Evidence Source

I was head of the Word Group and so we did courses on things like WordPerfect and, in time, Windows-oriented software.
text analysis approach METHOD
New Criticism FIELD
Surface Form: "I’ve often heard it labelled as a New Criticism approach"

Evidence Source

I’ve often heard it labelled as a New Criticism approach.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #15 | 0 Extractions

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John Bradley Interviewee | Utterance #16 | 1 Extractions
John Bradley PERSON
King’s College London UNIVERSITY
Surface Form: "I’ve only recently actually been given an academic contract here at King’s"

Evidence Source

I wasn’t an academic and I’ve only recently actually been given an academic contract here at King’s.
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John Bradley Interviewee | Utterance #18 | 6 Extractions
John Bradley PERSON
Turbo Pascal PROGRAMMING_LANGUAGE
Surface Form: "I purchased the Turbo Pascal programming language and I was forced to explore writing software in it"

Evidence Source

I purchased the Turbo Pascal programming language and I was forced to explore writing software in it
John Bradley PERSON
TACT system SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "I started to work on the TACT system in the mid-1980s"

Evidence Source

I started to work on the TACT system in the mid-1980s.
John Bradley PERSON
Ian Lancashire PERSON
Surface Form: "Ian had provided me with my first personal computer"

Evidence Source

Ian had provided me with my first personal computer because the computer centre didn’t think I needed one in particular!
TACT system SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
DOS-based IBM PC COMPUTER_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "TACT was written for an original DOS-based IBM PC"

Evidence Source

TACT was written for an original DOS-based IBM PC
WordCruncher SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Brigham Young University UNIVERSITY
Surface Form: "WordCruncherFootnote3 from Brigham Young University"

Evidence Source

There was, for instance, WordCruncherFootnote3 from Brigham Young University.
John Bradley PERSON
Senior Lecturer at King’s College London POSITION
Surface Form: "Yes, I am now Senior Lecturer"

Evidence Source

Yes, I am now Senior Lecturer.
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John Bradley Interviewee | Utterance #22 | 5 Extractions
Centre for Academic Technology (CAT) CENTRE
Centre for Computing in the Humanities (CCH) at Toronto CENTRE
Surface Form: "we were doing interesting things, I think, within the Humanities and with CCH, to some degree informally, to develop the agenda there"

Evidence Source

But we were doing interesting things, I think, within the Humanities and with CCH, to some degree informally, to develop the agenda there.
Centre for Academic Technology (CAT) CENTRE
previous UTCS unit UNIT
Surface Form: "My unit by that point became what was called the Centre for Academic Technology (CAT)"

Evidence Source

My unit by that point became what was called the Centre for Academic Technology (CAT).
John Bradley PERSON
Geoffrey Rockwell PERSON
Surface Form: "we used to push our chairs together and explore our ideas around text analysis"

Evidence Source

that was the time referred to in Geoffrey Rockwell’s interview (Rockwell et al. 2012) when we used to push our chairs together and explore our ideas around text analysis.
Vice-President for computing at University of Toronto PERSON
TACT-related development work in the computer centre ACTIVITY
Surface Form: "made a deliberate decision that work like TACT was no longer work that the computer centre was supposed to do"

Evidence Source

the vice-President of the university in charge of computing made a deliberate decision that work like TACT was no longer work that the computer centre was supposed to do.
John Bradley and colleagues at UTCS GROUP
HyperCard course for University of Toronto faculty COURSE
Surface Form: "We developed a HyperCardFootnote4 course"

Evidence Source

We developed a HyperCardFootnote4 course and that, as a service, gave us the freedom to think out of the box about what we were doing.
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John Bradley Interviewee | Utterance #24 | 1 Extractions
John Bradley PERSON
King’s College London UNIVERSITY
Surface Form: "eventually I left and took up my position at King’s"

Evidence Source

And it’s probably the reason why eventually I left and took up my position at King’s.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #25 | 0 Extractions

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John Bradley Interviewee | Utterance #26 | 8 Extractions
John Bradley PERSON
Oxford Humanities Computing conference 1992 CONFERENCE
Surface Form: "starting with the Oxford conference in 1992, I began to go regularly and give my own papers"

Evidence Source

And after that, starting with the Oxford conference in 1992 (see Hockey and Ide 1996), I began to go regularly and give my own papers.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities (CCH) at Toronto CENTRE
ACH/ALLC joint conference in Toronto CONFERENCE
Surface Form: "CCH was the centre of it"

Evidence Source

CCH was the centre of it.
John Bradley PERSON
TACT system SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "I did run workshops on TACT"

Evidence Source

I don’t think I gave a paper at the Toronto conference but I did run workshops on TACT.
John Bradley PERSON
International Conference on Computing in the Humanities (ICCH) 1987 CONFERENCE
Surface Form: "I remember giving a paper on that at the conference"

Evidence Source

I remember giving a paper on that at the conference.
International Conference on Computing in the Humanities (ICCH) 1987 CONFERENCE
South Carolina PLACE
Surface Form: "my first experience of a more academic conference was in South Carolina, 1987, and it was part of what was called the International Conference on Computing in the Humanities (ICCH)"

Evidence Source

my first experience of a more academic conference was in South Carolina, 1987, and it was part of what was called the International Conference on Computing in the Humanities (ICCH; see Oakman 1987).
John Bradley and Geoffrey Rockwell GROUP
Paris Humanities Computing conference 1994 CONFERENCE
Surface Form: "Geoffrey Rockwell and I did some joint papers at the Paris conference in 1994"

Evidence Source

Shortly thereafter Geoffrey Rockwell and I did some joint papers at the Paris conference in 1994.
ACH/ALLC joint conference in Toronto CONFERENCE
Toronto CITY
Surface Form: "Toronto, the first joint conference between the ACH and the ALLC"

Evidence Source

The first conference that everyone thinks of these days is Toronto, the first joint conference between the ACH and the ALLC
Ian Lancashire PERSON
ACH/ALLC joint conference in Toronto CONFERENCE
Surface Form: "Ian Lancashire’s hard work to sell the idea that it should be in Toronto"

Evidence Source

this again was Ian Lancashire’s hard work to sell the idea that it should be in Toronto.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #27 | 0 Extractions

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John Bradley Interviewee | Utterance #28 | 4 Extractions
Ted Nelson PERSON
ACH/ALLC joint conference in Toronto CONFERENCE
Surface Form: "they found a slot for him to talk and the room was packed with people"

Evidence Source

he heard of the conference in Toronto and just came on his own and they found a slot for him to talk and the room was packed with people.
Ted Nelson PERSON
personal computing and Hypertext FIELD
Surface Form: "He was an enormously influential and important figure in personal computing and Hypertext"

Evidence Source

He was an enormously influential and important figure in personal computing and Hypertext
Ted Nelson PERSON
ACH/ALLC joint conference in Toronto CONFERENCE
Surface Form: "Ted Nelson was not invited but he came"

Evidence Source

I mean, Ted Nelson was not invited but he came.
Douglas Engelbart PERSON
Augment system SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "came and spoke about his work on Augment"

Evidence Source

I remember I went to one by Douglas Engelbart who came and spoke about his work on Augment
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #29 | 0 Extractions

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John Bradley Interviewee | Utterance #32 | 5 Extractions
Paul Bratley PERSON
French language texts TEXT
Surface Form: "He was French, so he was working in French, with French texts"

Evidence Source

He was French, so he was working in French, with French texts and so on
Paul Bratley PERSON
early text analysis FIELD
Surface Form: "an important player in some early thinking around text analysis"

Evidence Source

he was important at the University of Montreal and an important player in some early thinking around text analysis.
Paul Bratley PERSON
University of Montreal UNIVERSITY
Surface Form: "he was important at the University of Montreal"

Evidence Source

I also met someone called Paul Bratley. I think he’s disappeared out of the community, but he was important at the University of Montreal
NeXT workstation COMPUTER_SYSTEM
University of Toronto computer centre UNIT
Surface Form: "Toronto managed to get (they didn’t pay for it) a free NeXT and it was plopped down in the computer centre, near my office"

Evidence Source

Toronto managed to get (they didn’t pay for it) a free NeXT and it was plopped down in the computer centre, near my office.
Steve Jobs PERSON
NeXT computing company COMPANY
Surface Form: "set up his own company and created the NeXT computing company"

Evidence Source

When Steve Jobs left Apple the first time and set up his own company and created the NeXT computing company
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #33 | 0 Extractions

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John Bradley Interviewee | Utterance #34 | 5 Extractions
Pliny SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Douglas Engelbart’s ideas on computing to support intellectual work CONCEPT
Surface Form: "I like to think of it as Engelbartian software"

Evidence Source

I like to think of it as Engelbartian software.
Pliny SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Mellon Foundation FOUNDATION
Surface Form: "the Mellon Foundation provided me with some funding to continue to support it"

Evidence Source

I was delighted when the Mellon Foundation provided me with some funding to continue to support it.
Pliny SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
scholarly note taking and concept formation METHOD
Surface Form: "It was about note taking, it was about juggling your notes once you’d taken them to help you develop a richer understanding of the material and to help you formulate concepts"

Evidence Source

It was about note taking, it was about juggling your notes once you’d taken them to help you develop a richer understanding of the material and to help you formulate concepts.
John Bradley PERSON
Pliny SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "Pliny was meant to be a response to this"

Evidence Source

Pliny was meant to be a response to this.
Pliny SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
semantic web and scholarship CONCEPT
Surface Form: "what Pliny has to say on the connection between scholarship and the semantic web"

Evidence Source

The paper I’m currently working on is trying to figure out what Pliny has to say on the connection between scholarship and the semantic web.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #35 | 0 Extractions

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John Bradley Interviewee | Utterance #40 | 5 Extractions
Ian Lancashire PERSON
early Toronto framework for exploring computing in the Humanities PROJECT
Surface Form: "You had Ian Lancashire, you had Willard McCarty, you had Geoffrey Rockwell involved"

Evidence Source

At Toronto we had, with the CCH and so on, a framework for exploring this and for trying things out. We really were explorers; we thought of ourselves as explorers there, we really were. You had Ian Lancashire, you had Willard McCarty, you had Geoffrey Rockwell involved
Centre for Computing in the Humanities (King’s College London) CENTRE
Department of Digital Humanities (DDH) at King’s College London DEPARTMENT
Surface Form: "Centre for Computing in the Humanities (now the Department of Digital Humanities (DDH) at King’s"

Evidence Source

I mean the aim of the Centre for Computing in the Humanities (now the Department of Digital Humanities (DDH) at King’s in the beginning was to promote computing in the Humanities
Centre for Computing in the Humanities (King’s College London) CENTRE
promoting computing in the Humanities CONCEPT
Surface Form: "the aim of the Centre for Computing in the Humanities ... was to promote computing in the Humanities"

Evidence Source

the aim of the Centre for Computing in the Humanities (now the Department of Digital Humanities (DDH) at King’s in the beginning was to promote computing in the Humanities
Willard McCarty PERSON
early Toronto framework for exploring computing in the Humanities PROJECT
Surface Form: "You had Ian Lancashire, you had Willard McCarty, you had Geoffrey Rockwell involved"

Geoffrey Rockwell PERSON
early Toronto framework for exploring computing in the Humanities PROJECT
Surface Form: "You had Ian Lancashire, you had Willard McCarty, you had Geoffrey Rockwell involved"

Evidence Source

You had Ian Lancashire, you had Willard McCarty, you had Geoffrey Rockwell involved
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #41 | 0 Extractions

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John Bradley Interviewee | Utterance #46 | 2 Extractions
Harold Short PERSON
Digital Humanities field at King’s College London FIELD
Surface Form: "Harold Short, of course, was very much interested in trying to find a way to develop a field that had an academic or a research agenda"

Evidence Source

Harold Short, of course, was very much interested in trying to find a way to develop a field that had an academic or a research agenda, but wasn’t always run in the conventional academic fashion.
Department of Digital Humanities (King’s College London) DEPARTMENT
academic mainstream CONCEPT
Surface Form: "The department started off trying to find ways to operate outside of the academic mainstream but connected with it too"

Evidence Source

The department started off trying to find ways to operate outside of the academic mainstream but connected with it too
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #47 | 0 Extractions

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John Bradley Interviewee | Utterance #48 | 1 Extractions
Harold Short PERSON
Centre for Computing in the Humanities (King’s College London) CENTRE
Surface Form: "how I thought CCH was operating under Harold’s direction"

Evidence Source

The piece I wrote for Harold’s Festschrift tries to describe how I thought CCH was operating under Harold’s direction
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #49 | 0 Extractions

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John Bradley Interviewee | Utterance #50 | 1 Extractions
John Bradley PERSON
UK Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) EVALUATION_PROGRAMME
Surface Form: "I filed for the RAEFootnote8 as a developer last time"

Evidence Source

Exactly. I filed for the RAEFootnote8 as a developer last time but I wouldn’t have been able to this time.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #51 | 0 Extractions

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John Bradley Interviewee | Utterance #52 | 1 Extractions
Department of Digital Humanities (King’s College London) DEPARTMENT
more gender-balanced academic staff CONCEPT
Surface Form: "we’re much more gender balanced now"

Evidence Source

many of our newer academic people are younger for one thing, that’s bound to help, and I think we’re much more gender balanced now, thank goodness.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #53 | 0 Extractions

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John Bradley Interviewee | Utterance #56 | 11 Extractions
John Bradley PERSON
Linux web server at King’s College London TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "I turned it into a Linux machine and set up a Linux web server on it and explored all that"

Evidence Source

But the old one was still there, so I turned it into a Linux machine and set up a Linux web server on it and explored all that.
John Bradley PERSON
Clergy of the Church of England (CCEd) and Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England (PASE) projects PROJECT
Surface Form: "a relatively short step to think about the Clergy of the Church of England (CCEd) project and eventually the Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England (PASE) project"

Evidence Source

From there I became clearly involved as the developer for the technical side of these various projects, so from there it was a relatively short step to think about the Clergy of the Church of England (CCEd)Footnote11 project and eventually the Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England (PASE) project.
Harold Short’s team UNIT
King’s College London computer centre UNIT
Surface Form: "Harold Short’s team was still part of the computer centre in those days at King’s"

Evidence Source

Harold Short’s team was still part of the computer centre in those days at King’s.
John Bradley PERSON
CRSBI (Romanesque Sculpture) and CVMA (Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi) projects PROJECT
Surface Form: "I became also involved partly when the design work was already done around the CRSBI (Romanesque Sculpture) project and CVMA (Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi), the Stained Glass project"

Evidence Source

I became also involved partly when the design work was already done around the CRSBI (Romanesque Sculpture) project and CVMA (Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi), the Stained Glass project.
Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire (PBE) PROJECT
mainframe with relational databases TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "It was being created on a mainframe and it was using relational databases for data storage"

Evidence Source

It was being created on a mainframe and it was using relational databases for data storage.
John Bradley PERSON
King’s College London computer centre UNIT
Surface Form: "My post here was originally part of the computer centre"

Evidence Source

My post here was originally part of the computer centre.
John Bradley PERSON
School of Law and Humanities School at King’s College London FACULTY
Surface Form: "Originally, my post was partly for the School of Law and partly for the Humanities School"

Evidence Source

Originally, my post was partly for the School of Law and partly for the Humanities School.
John Bradley PERSON
web publishing and web application development ACTIVITY
Surface Form: "my work was centred around web publishing and web application development"

Evidence Source

so my work was centred around web publishing and web application development.
Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire (PBE) PROJECT
John Bradley PERSON
Surface Form: "The earliest project I became significantly involved in was the Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire"

Evidence Source

The earliest project I became significantly involved in was the Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire (PBE) PROJECT
static interconnected web pages on CD DIGITAL_PUBLICATION
Surface Form: "we managed to squeeze them all on to a CD and we took the data from the database and transformed them into a bunch of tightly interconnected webpages. And that’s how the thing was published in the end"

Evidence Source

we managed to squeeze them all on to a CD and we took the data from the database and transformed them into a bunch of tightly interconnected webpages. And that’s how the thing was published in the end
John Bradley PERSON
Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire (PBE) PROJECT
Surface Form: "What I was involved in for that project was thinking about how to publish the results"

Evidence Source

What I was involved in for that project was thinking about how to publish the results.
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John Bradley Interviewee | Utterance #58 | 4 Extractions
John Bradley PERSON
media centre at University of Toronto Computer Services UNIT
Surface Form: "I had been given the responsibility of managing the media centre"

Evidence Source

By the time I had left Toronto I had been given the responsibility of managing the media centre.
Harold Short PERSON
John Bradley PERSON
Surface Form: "I applied to the post and Harold Short found a way of making it possible"

Evidence Source

I applied to the post and Harold Short found a way of making it possible.
media centre at University of Toronto Computer Services UNIT
classroom audiovisual equipment EQUIPMENT
Surface Form: "responsible for the people who rolled the trolleys around and set up the overhead projectors in the rooms"

Evidence Source

So, I was responsible for the people who rolled the trolleys around and set up the overhead projectors in the rooms.
Willard McCarty PERSON
University of Toronto to King’s College London MIGRATION
Surface Form: "Willard McCarty had come the year before and I was deeply envious of his having left Toronto"

Evidence Source

Willard McCarty had come the year before and I was deeply envious of his having left Toronto with, at that time, its lack of vision about what the potential of computing was.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #59 | 0 Extractions

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John Interviewee | Utterance #2 | 5 Extractions
campus academic computing facility at the University of Wisconsin-Madison ORGANISATION
mainframe computers TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "our campus academic computing facility was mainframe-based"

Evidence Source

At the time, our campus academic computing facility was mainframe-based, as most if not all were.
Professor Lloyd Kasten PERSON
John's early computer experimentation PROJECT
Surface Form: "he was totally willing to put up what for an individual were quite large sums of money so that I could start playing around with computers"

Evidence Source

He had a sizable savings account so he was totally willing to put up what for an individual were quite large sums of money so that I could start playing around with computers.
John PERSON
Dictionary of the Old Spanish Language (DOSL) PROJECT
Surface Form: "still working on the Dictionary of the Old Spanish Language (hereafter DOSL) with me"

Evidence Source

he was still going strong and still working on the Dictionary of the Old Spanish Language (hereafter DOSL) with me 3 months prior to his death.
John PERSON
fellow graduate student of John PERSON
Surface Form: "my first contact with computer technology, with an eye toward employing it and applying it to my research, occurred via one of my fellow graduate students"

Evidence Source

my first contact with computer technology, with an eye toward employing it and applying it to my research, occurred via one of my fellow graduate students.
John PERSON
NEH ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "My first significant grant was, if I remember correctly, for $242,000, from the NEH"

Evidence Source

My first significant grant was, if I remember correctly, for $242,000, from the NEH.
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John Interviewee | Utterance #4 | 6 Extractions
Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies ORGANISATION
textual transcriptions and concordances of medieval Spanish texts PROJECT
Surface Form: "For years we published and disseminated the data that we were generating"

Evidence Source

For years we published and disseminated the data that we were generating, both textual transcriptions and corresponding concordances with frequency counts and all that typical stuff that you get with concordancing schemes. And we were able to sell it through this new publishing house we created, the Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies.
John O’Neill PERSON
Hispanic Society of America INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "so he hired him on the spot to be the Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts. This was some 15 years ago and John O’Neill is still there as Curator but they’ve made him, in addition to the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, also the Head Librarian of the Hispanic Society of America"

Evidence Source

he hired him on the spot to be the Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts. This was some 15 years ago and John O’Neill is still there as Curator but they’ve made him, in addition to the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, also the Head Librarian of the Hispanic Society of America.
Dictionary of Old English project PROJECT
Professor Angus Cameron PERSON
Surface Form: "under the directorship of Professor Angus Cameron at the University of Toronto"

Evidence Source

He was involved with the computational aspects of the Dictionary of Old English project under the directorship of Professor Angus Cameron at the University of Toronto
Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies ORGANISATION
John PERSON
Surface Form: "Mr Kasten and I created a non-profit publishing house called the Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies"

Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies ORGANISATION
Professor Lloyd Kasten PERSON
Surface Form: "Mr Kasten and I created a non-profit publishing house called the Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies"

Evidence Source

Mr Kasten and I created a non-profit publishing house called the Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies.
Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies ORGANISATION
Hispanic Society of America INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "When I retired I had it all legally transferred to him and the Society"

Evidence Source

When I retired I had it all legally transferred to him and the Society, knowing that he would keep it going.
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John Interviewee | Utterance #6 | 5 Extractions
magnetic tape cassette system with dual tape deck TECHNOLOGY
DOSL transcription data PROJECT
Surface Form: "they were selling a low cost magnetic tape cartridge, these were digital grade Philips cassette tapes and it had a dual tape deck"

Evidence Source

I found a booth where they were selling a low cost magnetic tape cartridge, these were digital grade Philips cassette tapes and it had a dual tape deck.
intelligent terminals used in DOSL project TECHNOLOGY
DOSL text transcription PROJECT
Surface Form: "They were intelligent terminals"

Evidence Source

I found terminals! They were intelligent terminals.
campus computer facility at the University of Wisconsin-Madison ORGANISATION
20 MB of disk storage on the mainframe TECHNOLOGY_RESOURCE
Surface Form: "the campus computer facility was charging us, you ready for this? Almost $17,000 a year to rent 20 MB of disk storage on the mainframe"

Evidence Source

the campus computer facility was charging us, you ready for this? Almost $17,000 a year to rent 20 MB of disk storage on the mainframe!
campus computer system at the University of Wisconsin-Madison ORGANISATION
spooling data from cassette tapes into the mainframe METHOD
Surface Form: "to develop spooling software that would enable us to spool the data off of these cassette tapes, in a batch mode, into the campus mainframe for processing"

Evidence Source

to develop spooling software that would enable us to spool the data off of these cassette tapes, in a batch mode, into the campus mainframe for processing.
transcription of the very first manuscript of Alfonso the Wise PROJECT
keypunch cards TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "We used the keypunch for that and we managed to produce the entire transcription all in lower and uppercase"

Evidence Source

We used the keypunch for that and we managed to produce the entire transcription all in lower and uppercase
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John Interviewee | Utterance #8 | 5 Extractions
John PERSON
assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin POSITION
Surface Form: "they decided to keep me on as an assistant Professor"

Evidence Source

I finished my dissertation and graduated and they decided to keep me on as an assistant Professor.
John PERSON
NEH ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "I had the first pilot grant from the NEH at this point and so I was able to hire staff"

Evidence Source

I had the first pilot grant from the NEH at this point and so I was able to hire staff.
John PERSON
five IBM MTST data entry stations TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "I needed five of them as data entry stations"

Evidence Source

I needed five of them as data entry stations
IBM Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter (MTST) TECHNOLOGY
about $15,000 a year QUANTITY
Surface Form: "They were leasing that device for about $15,000 a year"

Evidence Source

They were leasing that device for about $15,000 a year.
DOSL data entry work PROJECT
training in medieval palaeography FIELD
Surface Form: "you had to be a trained palaeographer to be able to read our input and work directly with original thirteenth century manuscripts"

Evidence Source

you had to be a trained palaeographer to be able to read our input and work directly with original thirteenth century manuscripts
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John Interviewee | Utterance #10 | 1 Extractions
first NEH grant proposal for DOSL PROJECT
1971 TIME
Surface Form: "I remember drafting the proposal in ‘71"

Evidence Source

I remember drafting the proposal in ‘71.
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John Interviewee | Utterance #12 | 2 Extractions
data entry system for DOSL and dissertation TECHNOLOGY
intelligent editing CRT terminals and dual tape drives TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "we were doing data entry using intelligent editing CRT terminals with their own internal editing capability and interfaced to a standalone system, those dual tape drive affairs"

Evidence Source

we were doing data entry using intelligent editing CRT terminals with their own internal editing capability and interfaced to a standalone system, those dual tape drive affairs that I referred to as storage media.
John's PhD thesis PROJECT
computer technology developed for DOSL TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "While working on my PhD thesis I did use much of the computer technology that we had developed up to that point"

Evidence Source

While working on my PhD thesis I did use much of the computer technology that we had developed up to that point.
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John Interviewee | Utterance #14 | 4 Extractions
medieval manuscript translation of the Book of Marco Polo MANUSCRIPT
fourteenth century Aragonese LANGUAGE_VARIETY
Surface Form: "It was translated into fourteenth century Aragonese"

Evidence Source

It was translated into fourteenth century Aragonese
John's dissertation PROJECT
medieval manuscript translation of the Book of Marco Polo MANUSCRIPT
Surface Form: "it was the editing of the only extant medieval manuscript translation of the Book of Marco Polo in an Ibero-Romance tongue (Nitti 1972)"

Evidence Source

my dissertation wasn’t even on a Castilian Spanish text, it was the editing of the only extant medieval manuscript translation of the Book of Marco Polo in an Ibero-Romance tongue (Nitti 1972).
Color Corp (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) ORGANISATION
John's edition of Marco Polo PROJECT
Surface Form: "So I struck up a deal with a company based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin called Color Corp"

Evidence Source

So I struck up a deal with a company based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin called Color Corp and they basically had a contract with one of those big chain stores to do all of their printing of ads and that kind of stuff.
manuscript of the Aragonese Marco Polo translation MANUSCRIPT
Escorial Library in Spain INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "the manuscript itself still exists at the Escorial Library in Spain"

Evidence Source

the manuscript itself still exists at the Escorial Library in Spain.
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John Interviewee | Utterance #16 | 4 Extractions
John PERSON
various American universities and the University of Montreal INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "In May of 1981 I took a show on the road for publicity purposes and was asked to give lectures about our work and the technology we used. I must have gone to 20 different American Universities, I was even invited by the University of Montreal in Canada"

Evidence Source

In May of 1981 I took a show on the road for publicity purposes and was asked to give lectures about our work and the technology we used. I must have gone to 20 different American Universities, I was even invited by the University of Montreal in Canada.
Kurzweil Scanner TECHNOLOGY
more than $80,000 QUANTITY
Surface Form: "the Kurzweil Scanner was very new. It cost more than $80,000 and we couldn’t afford it"

Evidence Source

the Kurzweil Scanner was very new. It cost more than $80,000 and we couldn’t afford it.
Kurzweil Scanner in Madison TECHNOLOGY
wealthy attorney in Madison PERSON
Surface Form: "there was only one Kurzweil true OCR device in the entire state of Wisconsin. It happened to be here in the city of Madison and it was owned by a wealthy attorney"

Evidence Source

there was only one Kurzweil true OCR device in the entire state of Wisconsin. It happened to be here in the city of Madison and it was owned by a wealthy attorney
Royal Spanish Academy’s Dictionary of the Spanish Language PROJECT
Dictionary of the Old Spanish Language definitional database PROJECT
Surface Form: "we scan and get into machine readable form what was in the public domain, which was the then last edition of the Royal Spanish Academy’s Dictionary of the Spanish Language"

Evidence Source

we scan and get into machine readable form what was in the public domain, which was the then last edition of the Royal Spanish Academy’s Dictionary of the Spanish Language, a monolingual dictionary, then we could modify it to our liking and it would be our definitional canon, in effect.
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John Interviewee | Utterance #18 | 5 Extractions
Charles Faulhaber PERSON
University of California-Berkeley INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "a famous Professor at the University of California-Berkeley"

Evidence Source

a famous Professor at the University of California-Berkeley, he recently retired, his name’s Charles Faulhaber.
Bibliography of Old Spanish Texts (BOOST) PROJECT
John PERSON
Surface Form: "I created what we called the Bibliography of Old Spanish Texts (BOOST)"

Evidence Source

I created what we called the Bibliography of Old Spanish Texts (BOOST).
John PERSON
courses in Old Spanish palaeography COURSE
Surface Form: "I was teaching at the time, and continued to teach right up until my retirement, courses in Old Spanish palaeography"

Evidence Source

I was teaching at the time, and continued to teach right up until my retirement, courses in Old Spanish palaeography
PhiloBiblon PROJECT
Bibliography of Old Spanish Texts (BOOST) PROJECT
Surface Form: "he’s turned it into a completely different thing. His much expanded work is called PhiloBiblon"

Evidence Source

it assumed a life of its own until finally I turned the whole bibliographic arm of the thing over to a famous Professor at the University of California-Berkeley, he recently retired, his name’s Charles Faulhaber. One of his interests was bibliographies, so I turned it over to him, and he’s turned it into a completely different thing. His much expanded work is called PhiloBiblon
Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies ORGANISATION
medieval text transcriptions and concordances PROJECT
Surface Form: "we were now creating microfiche as a publication medium which enabled us to publish hundreds of thousands of pages of information"

Evidence Source

we were now creating microfiche as a publication medium which enabled us to publish hundreds of thousands of pages of information
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John Interviewee | Utterance #20 | 4 Extractions
John PERSON
BASIC programming TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "I took a course in BASIC and I said to myself “this is silly, I’m going to try to get money from the government or wherever I can get it from.”"

Evidence Source

I took a course in BASIC and I said to myself “this is silly, I’m going to try to get money from the government or wherever I can get it from.”
Professor Lloyd Kasten PERSON
first computer programmer for DOSL project PERSON
Surface Form: "Mr Kasten put up some seed money out of his own pocket to hire our first computer programmer"

Evidence Source

Mr Kasten put up some seed money out of his own pocket to hire our first computer programmer.
external collaborators on DOSL GROUP
John PERSON
Surface Form: "suddenly a stack of these specially typewritten, barcode-type texts would appear on my doorstep for scanning"

Evidence Source

There would be long intervals of months, in some cases years, and then suddenly a stack of these specially typewritten, barcode-type texts would appear on my doorstep for scanning.
DOSL lexicographic software SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Oxford English Dictionary PROJECT
Surface Form: "We modelled this thing, in broad terms, after the Oxford English Dictionary"

Evidence Source

We modelled this thing, in broad terms, after the Oxford English Dictionary
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John Interviewee | Utterance #22 | 2 Extractions
Oxford English Dictionary PROJECT
volunteer readers supplying citation slips METHOD
Surface Form: "they actually had a bunch of non-technical people sitting at home and writing down what they found. Their job was to read text and pull out words that they thought were neat and hadn’t yet been documented, or whatever, and then they had to write them on snippets of paper"

Evidence Source

they actually had a bunch of non-technical people sitting at home and writing down what they found. Their job was to read text and pull out words that they thought were neat and hadn’t yet been documented, or whatever, and then they had to write them on snippets of paper.
DOSL citation collection method METHOD
OED slip-based method METHOD
Surface Form: "We can capture their keystrokes instead of having them send us a bunch of snippets of paper, right? We can actually have them send us machine-readable pieces of paper"

Evidence Source

We can capture their keystrokes instead of having them send us a bunch of snippets of paper, right? We can actually have them send us machine-readable pieces of paper.
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John PERSON
eight-user MP/M-based system TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "I build an eight-user multi-user system, a true multi-user system where there were eight terminals. We used it for years"

Evidence Source

I build an eight-user multi-user system, a true multi-user system where there were eight terminals. We used it for years.
MP/M TECHNOLOGY
CP/M TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "I later migrated to MP/M, the true multi-user, multi-tasking version of CP/M"

Evidence Source

I later migrated to MP/M, the true multi-user, multi-tasking version of CP/M.
Intel 8080 kit computer TECHNOLOGY
dual 8-inch floppy disk drives TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "at the end of it you had two of these 8-in. floppy disk drives"

Evidence Source

It came in what looked like a mahogany window box, something you’d plant flowers in. It was about a yard long and quite narrow because at the end of it you had two of these 8-in. floppy disk drives.
John PERSON
Intel 8080-based kit computer with 64K RAM TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "The first one I built was driven by a little 8-bit, Intel 8080 chip and it started with 64 K of RAM"

Evidence Source

The first one I built was driven by a little 8-bit, Intel 8080 chip and it started with 64 K of RAM
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John Interviewee | Utterance #26 | 4 Extractions
Donald Knuth PERSON
TeX typesetting language SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "Donald Knuth had invented and wrote for Unix mainframes the TeX typesetting language"

Evidence Source

Donald Knuth had invented and wrote for Unix mainframes the TeX typesetting language (Knuth 1979).
TeX typesetting language SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Donald Knuth PERSON
Surface Form: "He turned it over to public domain"

Evidence Source

He turned it over to public domain and as soon as he did little companies started producing, in this case early on, MS-DOS-based versions of TeX for 200 bucks.
John PERSON
John O’Neill PERSON
Surface Form: "I sent him the camera ready copy and he negotiated a contract with a printing outfit and that’s how we were able to sell this"

Evidence Source

I sent him the camera ready copy and he negotiated a contract with a printing outfit and that’s how we were able to sell this.
John PERSON
Dictionary of Castilian Prose of King Alfonso X PROJECT
Surface Form: "I typeset the Dictionary of Castilian Prose of King Alfonso X right here at my home in Madison in 2002"

Evidence Source

In fact, I typeset the Dictionary of Castilian Prose of King Alfonso X right here at my home in Madison in 2002.
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Dictionary of the Old Spanish Language project PROJECT
Spanish Government ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "we also got $300,000 worth of matching money from the Spanish Government"

Evidence Source

but we also got $300,000 worth of matching money from the Spanish Government.
Frederic Cassidy PERSON
Dictionary of Regional American English PROJECT
Surface Form: "He was the founder and the editor of the Dictionary of Regional American English"

Evidence Source

He was the founder and the editor of the Dictionary of Regional American English.
John PERSON
University of Salamanca INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "I was in fact named as a visiting Fulbright scholar to the University of Salamanca"

Evidence Source

I was in fact named as a visiting Fulbright scholar to the University of Salamanca
Dictionary of Medieval Spanish Medical Texts PROJECT
John PERSON
Surface Form: "I did all the typesetting and everything here, again, in my house"

Evidence Source

So I had two long-term experiences with older people, in this case, scholars, researchers and professors. ... I did all the typesetting and everything here, again, in my house.
Professor Lloyd Kasten PERSON
Dictionary of Alfonsine Prose PROJECT
Surface Form: "3 months before his death at age 94, my mentor, Mr Kasten, was still working with me on a daily basis on completing the Dictionary of Alfonsine Prose"

Evidence Source

some 3 months before his death at age 94, my mentor, Mr Kasten, was still working with me on a daily basis on completing the Dictionary of Alfonsine Prose.
International Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo EVENT
Kalamazoo, Michigan PLACE
Surface Form: "the International Congress on Medieval Studies held annually at Kalamazoo, Michigan is the biggy of international Medieval Studies"

Evidence Source

The International Congress on Medieval Studies held annually at Kalamazoo, Michigan is the biggy of international Medieval Studies.
Dictionary of Medieval Spanish Medical Texts PROJECT
three medieval Spanish scholars at University of Salamanca GROUP
Surface Form: "they, in their own right, created two separate dictionaries, big monster dictionaries. The more important of the two was a Dictionary of Medieval Spanish Medical Texts"

Evidence Source

they, in their own right, created two separate dictionaries, big monster dictionaries. The more important of the two was a Dictionary of Medieval Spanish Medical Texts.
National Computer Conference 1981 in Chicago EVENT
John PERSON
Surface Form: "This was 1981, it was being held in Chicago and I was invited to present what I was told was the first talk offered by a Humanist at the National Computer Conference"

Evidence Source

This was 1981, it was being held in Chicago and I was invited to present what I was told was the first talk offered by a Humanist at the National Computer Conference.
session on computers in the Humanities at Kalamazoo EVENT
John PERSON
Surface Form: "would you like to chair an ongoing session on computers in the Humanities here at the Kalamazoo conference every year? I said “I suppose so”. I signed up to that and I did it for some 5 years"

Evidence Source

would you like to chair an ongoing session on computers in the Humanities here at the Kalamazoo conference every year? I said “I suppose so”. I signed up to that and I did it for some 5 years
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microfiche retrieval and display unit TECHNOLOGY
United States Patent Office INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "a product that was initially made to order for the United States Patent Office. It was a computer-driven microfiche retrieval and display play unit that had a carousel in there"

Evidence Source

Another gizmo I interfaced into all this was a product that was initially made to order for the United States Patent Office. It was a computer-driven microfiche retrieval and display play unit that had a carousel in there.
Professor Lloyd Kasten PERSON
microfiche retrieval and display unit TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "I’d say “ok, how much do you need.” I’d say “$10,000” and he’d say “ok” and write me a cheque"

Evidence Source

I’d say “ok, how much do you need.” I’d say “$10,000” and he’d say “ok” and write me a cheque.
DOSL project PROJECT
microfiche retrieval and display unit TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "We would bring up, in one second, a photographic colour reproduction of a manuscript page (that corresponded to a page of transcription that we had just done) to do final checking against the original manuscript"

Evidence Source

We would bring up, in one second, a photographic colour reproduction of a manuscript page (that corresponded to a page of transcription that we had just done) to do final checking against the original manuscript.
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Principal Investigators of early NEH computer-related humanities projects GROUP
John PERSON
Surface Form: "I just contacted them and said “why don’t we have a brainstorming session? Come to Madison and I’ll arrange for your hotel room”. It was always six, at the most, seven Principal Investigators from various projects around the country"

Evidence Source

I just contacted them and said “why don’t we have a brainstorming session? Come to Madison and I’ll arrange for your hotel room”. It was always six, at the most, seven Principal Investigators from various projects around the country; they came from as far away as California.
John PERSON
application of computer technology to humanistic research FIELD
Surface Form: "I was, I guess, one of a handful of pioneers"

Evidence Source

It is funny because when the whole thing started, I was, I guess, one of a handful of pioneers.
NEH guidelines for computer technology in humanistic research CONCEPT
group of early Principal Investigators including John GROUP
Surface Form: "that group of guys, it was all guys at that point, were all asked by the Endowment to draft the first guidelines for Principal Investigators in the Humanities seeking to incorporate computer technology into their research"

Evidence Source

that group of guys, it was all guys at that point, were all asked by the Endowment to draft the first guidelines for Principal Investigators in the Humanities seeking to incorporate computer technology into their research.
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pre-runner of what would later be called a database TECHNOLOGY
spatial distribution of medieval coins CONCEPT
Surface Form: "to map"

Evidence Source

We had a presentation from somebody who used a pre-runner of what would later be called a database to map the spatial distribution of medieval coins
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Cambridge Group ORGANISATION
England COUNTRY
Surface Form: "in England"

Evidence Source

My first professional contact was to a Historian of the family, not in the sense of Genealogy but the development of structures of family, like the Cambridge Group did in England (see, for example, Laslett and Wall 1972).
Manfred Thaller PERSON
a Historian of the family PERSON
Surface Form: "I was immediately hired"

Evidence Source

That was in Vienna in early 1977, where I was immediately hired because a professor had approached me as he had heard that I was doing some computer work for other historical projects.
Manfred Thaller PERSON
Humanities Computing FIELD
Surface Form: "my active work in the area started"

Evidence Source

Well, how far a Humanities Computing community existed in 1976, when my active work in the area started, is a bit doubtful, particularly in Austria.
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research project with Historian of the family in Vienna PROJECT
standard statistical calculations of demographic behaviour METHOD
Surface Form: "was standard statistical calculations of demographic behaviour"

Evidence Source

That was standard statistical calculations of demographic behaviour.
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Manfred Thaller PERSON
Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "a scholarship for 2 years of post-doctoral training at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna"

Evidence Source

And after finishing my doctorate (Thaller 1975) I had the possibility to get a scholarship for 2 years of post-doctoral training at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna, which offered courses in empirical Social Science even to people who had no formal training in Social Science.
Manfred Thaller PERSON
software to administer the descriptions of images SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "my first exercise in applied programming was to build software to administer the descriptions of images"

Evidence Source

And my first exercise in applied programming was to build software to administer the descriptions of images.
Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna INSTITUTION
empirical Social Science FIELD
Surface Form: "offered courses in empirical Social Science"

Evidence Source

I had the possibility to get a scholarship for 2 years of post-doctoral training at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna, which offered courses in empirical Social Science even to people who had no formal training in Social Science.
software to administer the descriptions of images SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
command language designed for non-computer specialists at the research institute METHOD
Surface Form: "was controlled by a command language that was supposed to be sufficiently far from a computer that the people working at that research institute actually could use it themselves"

Evidence Source

It was controlled by a command language that was supposed to be sufficiently far from a computer that the people working at that research institute actually could use it themselves.
doctoral thesis of Manfred Thaller THESIS
History of Mentality FIELD
Surface Form: "dealt with roughly the History of Mentality"

Evidence Source

My own doctoral thesis dealt with roughly the History of Mentality, or more properly, how opinions would be created out of information available at the time.
project on the daily life of the middle ages PROJECT
material aspects of daily life CONCEPT
Surface Form: "for the study of material aspects of daily life"

Evidence Source

The idea was to create a database which would use those images not as Art Historians use them, but for historical purposes, that is, for the study of material aspects of daily life.
Manfred Thaller PERSON
SNOBOL PROGRAMMING_LANGUAGE
Surface Form: "programming exercises in SNOBOL"

Evidence Source

This led me to the decision to do, besides the application of statistical software, some programming exercises in SNOBOL.
project on the daily life of the middle ages PROJECT
surviving medieval images in the area roughly coincident with today’s Austria and some of the neighbouring countries SOURCE_COLLECTION
Surface Form: "had started to create a collection of all the surviving medieval images in the area roughly coincident with today’s Austria and some of the neighbouring countries"

Evidence Source

This project had started to create a collection of all the surviving medieval images in the area roughly coincident with today’s Austria and some of the neighbouring countries.
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Manfred Thaller Interviewee | Utterance #14 | 2 Extractions
SNOBOL PROGRAMMING_LANGUAGE
Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "which nobody else at the Institute had ever used in practice"

Evidence Source

SNOBOL, which nobody else at the Institute had ever used in practice, was suspected to be particularly useful for what I had in mind.
post-doctoral training at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna PROGRAMME
SPSS SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "formal training in computer usage simply consisted of how to use SPSS"

Evidence Source

We had formal training in statistics and some in Mathematics, but formal training in computer usage simply consisted of how to use SPSS.
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Manfred Thaller Interviewee | Utterance #16 | 1 Extractions
Manfred Thaller PERSON
computing and programming FIELD
Surface Form: "when I formally teach computing and programming"

Evidence Source

This is the reason why when I formally teach computing and programming I try not to impress a model of how people have to learn (any more than is absolutely necessary to keep classes consistent).
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Manfred Thaller Interviewee | Utterance #18 | 9 Extractions
Quantum (Association for Quantification and Methods in Historical and Social Research) ASSOCIATION
Historical Social Research JOURNAL
Surface Form: "still publish a journal (Historical Social Research)"

Evidence Source

after the very few first years it basically evolved into a group of people who still publish a journal (Historical Social Research) in the field but there’s not very much happening beyond that.
Quantum (Association for Quantification and Methods in Historical and Social Research) ASSOCIATION
summer schools organised by Quantum EVENT_SERIES
Surface Form: "they organised summer schools themselves"

Manfred Thaller PERSON
summer schools organised by Quantum EVENT_SERIES
Surface Form: "in which I, of course, was heavily involved"

Evidence Source

In those years they organised summer schools themselves in which I, of course, was heavily involved.
Quantum (Association for Quantification and Methods in Historical and Social Research) ASSOCIATION
quantitative methods in History FIELD
Surface Form: "was working very intensively with quantitative methods in History"

Evidence Source

Quantum (Association for Quantification and Methods in Historical and Social Research – Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Quantifizierung und Methoden in der historisch-sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschung e.V), which is a membership-driven group which at that time was working very intensively with quantitative methods in History.
Manfred Thaller PERSON
ALLC conference in Pisa in 1982 CONFERENCE
Surface Form: "conference that I attended"

ALLC conference in Pisa in 1982 CONFERENCE
Pisa CITY
Surface Form: "in Pisa"

ALLC conference in Pisa in 1982 CONFERENCE
1982 TIME
Surface Form: "in Pisa in 1982"

Evidence Source

The first ALLC conference that I attended was in Pisa in 1982.
Manfred Thaller PERSON
conference on computing in parts of the Humanities in Cologne in 1977 CONFERENCE
Surface Form: "The first conference that I attended which dealt with computing in parts of the Humanities was in Cologne in 1977"

Quantum (Association for Quantification and Methods in Historical and Social Research) ASSOCIATION
conference on computing in parts of the Humanities in Cologne in 1977 CONFERENCE
Surface Form: "a conference of what is still called Quantum"

Evidence Source

The first conference that I attended which dealt with computing in parts of the Humanities was in Cologne in 1977, where there was a conference of what is still called Quantum (Association for Quantification and Methods in Historical and Social Research – Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Quantifizierung und Methoden in der historisch-sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschung e.V), which is a membership-driven group which at that time was working very intensively with quantitative methods in History.
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series of summer schools in Austria EVENT_SERIES
1978–early 1990s TIME_SPAN
Surface Form: "ran between 1978 until the early 1990s"

Evidence Source

a series of summer schools in Austria that ran between 1978 until the early 1990s.
Manfred Thaller PERSON
Historians’ conferences EVENT_SERIES
Surface Form: "I also quite frequently presented the work I did at all sorts of Historians’ conferences"

Evidence Source

From something like 1978 onwards, I also quite frequently presented the work I did at all sorts of Historians’ conferences, but there were too many of them for me to have a very clear memory of when I presented what.
Austrian-based group organising summer schools in Austria ORGANISATION
series of summer schools in Austria EVENT_SERIES
Surface Form: "organised a series of summer schools in Austria"

Evidence Source

I was part of an Austrian-based group who organised a series of summer schools in Austria that ran between 1978 until the early 1990s.
Manfred Thaller PERSON
Austrian-based group organising summer schools in Austria ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "I was part of an Austrian-based group"

Evidence Source

Oh yes. Still linking back to Austria, I was part of an Austrian-based group who organised a series of summer schools in Austria that ran between 1978 until the early 1990s.
Austrian-based group organising summer schools in Austria ORGANISATION
annual Historians’ conference in Austria EVENT_SERIES
Surface Form: "also organised regular workshops or sections at the annual Historians’ conference in Austria"

Evidence Source

This group also organised regular workshops or sections at the annual Historians’ conference in Austria.
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Manfred Thaller Interviewee | Utterance #24 | 1 Extractions
The Poverty of Historicism BOOK
quantifiers GROUP
Surface Form: "was frequently quoted by"

Evidence Source

So, the Poverty of Historicism (Popper 1957) was frequently quoted by the quantifiers
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Manfred Thaller Interviewee | Utterance #26 | 2 Extractions
easily usable web publication possibilities or web services TECHNOLOGY
1995 TIME
Surface Form: "in something like 1995"

Evidence Source

For example, the advent of easily available quantitative methods with the arrival of SPSS and similar programs; the arrival of easily usable databases together with PCs; and the arrival of easily usable web publication possibilities or web services in something like 1995.
very simple-minded statistical programs on PCs SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
graphical representations of statistical data METHOD
Surface Form: "offered the possibility of very easily creating graphical representations of statistical data"

Evidence Source

The interesting thing that happened when the PC was invented is that there came with it some very simple-minded statistical programs that offered the possibility of very easily creating graphical representations of statistical data.
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Manfred Thaller Interviewee | Utterance #28 | 20 Extractions
complex Social History analysis project based on family reconstitutions PROJECT
family reconstitutions or extended family reconstitutions METHOD
Surface Form: "based on things called family reconstitutions or extended family reconstitutions"

Evidence Source

a complex Social History analysis based on things called family reconstitutions or extended family reconstitutions, for specific types of Economic and Social History.
Max Planck Institute for History in Göttingen INSTITUTION
Mr Vierhaus PERSON
Surface Form: "the Director of that institute at that time, Mr Vierhaus"

Evidence Source

and the Director of that institute at that time, Mr Vierhaus, let his people have great leeway.
Max Planck Society ORGANISATION
researchers at Max Planck institutes GROUP
Surface Form: "people should have the computing capacities and devices they needed quite irrespective of which institute they came from"

Evidence Source

And these infrastructures assumed that people should have the computing capacities and devices they needed quite irrespective of which institute they came from.
Manfred Thaller PERSON
conference volumes published since the early 1960s about the early stages of Humanities Computing PUBLICATION_COLLECTION
Surface Form: "I had access to all the conference volumes published since the early 1960s about the early stages of Humanities Computing all over the field"

Evidence Source

But I had access to all the conference volumes published since the early 1960s about the early stages of Humanities Computing all over the field.
Historical Methods JOURNAL
Manfred Thaller PERSON
Surface Form: "influenced me most directly"

Evidence Source

But that’s probably the one thing that influenced me most directly.
Harvard INSTITUTION
David Herlihy PERSON
Surface Form: "had just made extraordinary capabilities available to him, more precisely a 10 MB hard disc"

Evidence Source

He became very, very enthusiastic because Harvard had just made extraordinary capabilities available to him, more precisely a 10 MB hard disc and he would only have to find the money for a programmer so he could actually use it!
David Herlihy PERSON
Tuscan or Pisan census SOURCE
Surface Form: "the first fully quantitative study of the Tuscan or Pisan census"

Evidence Source

He was truly famous for the first fully quantitative study of the Tuscan or Pisan census, one of the first censuses of their first years.
Manfred Thaller PERSON
Harvard INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "including Harvard"

Evidence Source

I basically went to a dozen or 14 people at universities all over the US, including Harvard.
Historical Methods JOURNAL
Anthropology and interpretative interdisciplinarity FIELD
Surface Form: "turned its focus mainly towards Anthropology and interpretative inter disciplinarity"

Evidence Source

I haven’t looked for it recently because after the end of the 1980s it turned its focus mainly towards Anthropology and interpretative inter disciplinarity rather than the formal methods.
David Herlihy PERSON
Harvard INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "In Harvard at that time there was an extremely prominent social or economic Historian named David Herlihy"

David Herlihy PERSON
Italian censuses SOURCE_TYPE
Surface Form: "had done one of the very first studies of Italian censuses"

Evidence Source

In Harvard at that time there was an extremely prominent social or economic Historian named David Herlihy who had done one of the very first studies of Italian censuses.
databases of work on social and economic History at Max Planck DATABASE
about 200 MB SIZE
Surface Form: "databases of roughly about 200 MB"

Evidence Source

In the early 1980s our work on social and economic History had led to databases of roughly about 200 MB, which now seems relatively trivial, but at that time, as will become clear in a moment, was rather large.
Historical Methods JOURNAL
usage of computers for non-quantitative purposes in History CONCEPT
Surface Form: "published very much about the usage of computers and particularly the usage of computers for non-quantitative purposes in History"

Evidence Source

It published very much about the usage of computers and particularly the usage of computers for non-quantitative purposes in History.
Max Planck Society ORGANISATION
about 80 institutes INSTITUTION_COLLECTION
Surface Form: "a collection of something like 80 institutes"

Max Planck Society ORGANISATION
joint infrastructures for Max Planck institutes INFRASTRUCTURE
Surface Form: "which run joint infrastructures"

Evidence Source

It’s really not an institute but a collection of something like 80 institutes which run joint infrastructures.
Max Planck Institute for History in Göttingen INSTITUTION
Göttingen CITY
Surface Form: "Max Planck Institute for History in Göttingen"

Evidence Source

my first long-term work in the Max Planck Institute for History in Göttingen.
Max Planck Institute for History in Göttingen INSTITUTION
pure research institute not connected to a university INSTITUTION_TYPE
Surface Form: "a Max Planck Institute is a pure research institute, which is actually not connected to a university"

Evidence Source

Now, a Max Planck Institute is a pure research institute, which is actually not connected to a university
Manfred Thaller PERSON
complex Social History analysis project based on family reconstitutions PROJECT
Surface Form: "I was originally hired for a rather specific project that was supposed to be a complex Social History analysis based on things called family reconstitutions or extended family reconstitutions"

Evidence Source

There I was originally hired for a rather specific project that was supposed to be a complex Social History analysis based on things called family reconstitutions or extended family reconstitutions, for specific types of Economic and Social History.
Manfred Thaller PERSON
Max Planck Institute for History in Göttingen INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "my first long-term work in the Max Planck Institute for History in Göttingen"

Evidence Source

What influenced me more systematically was simply the working conditions I found at the place where I had my first long-term work in the Max Planck Institute for History in Göttingen.
Historical Methods JOURNAL
1970s–1980s TIME_SPAN
Surface Form: "had its heyday from the 1970s until the 1980s"

Evidence Source

What influenced me very much was Historical Methods, a journal which had its heyday from the 1970s until the 1980s.
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Manfred Thaller Interviewee | Utterance #32 | 17 Extractions
project on comparison of the shape of medieval pottery PROJECT
shape of medieval pottery ARTEFACT_FEATURE
Surface Form: "work on the comparison of the shape of medieval pottery"

Evidence Source

at some stage we also did work on the comparison of the shape of medieval pottery, which has relatively few commonalities with documents at Auschwitz, but simply also has some data structures which can be supported if you have software which operates at the right level of generalisation.
Volkswagenstiftung FUNDING_AGENCY
new implementation of CLIO and related historical software PROJECT
Surface Form: "I got a grant from the Volkswagenstiftung funding agency"

Evidence Source

At the end of which this research project had emancipated itself to such an extent that I got a grant from the Volkswagenstiftung funding agency. This allowed me to start a new implementation of that software
SPSS SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
specific canon of quantitative methods METHOD
Surface Form: "was focused on making a specific canon of methods (quantitative methods or analytical quantitative methods to be precise) available more or less to the researcher him or herself"

Evidence Source

Behind that term was the assumption that previous software, like, for example, SPSS, was focused on making a specific canon of methods (quantitative methods or analytical quantitative methods to be precise) available more or less to the researcher him or herself.
first version of new implementation of CLIO SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
1987 TIME
Surface Form: "the implementation of the first version started in 1987"

Evidence Source

Between the middle of the 1980s and 1990s (the implementation of the first version started in 1987) we worked on that software, making it available shortly after development began.
David Sabean PERSON
Manfred Thaller PERSON
Surface Form: "indirectly influenced me very much"

Evidence Source

In this context David Sabean [...] indirectly influenced me very much, though not in detail, because he was not following things up very much himself.
CLIO SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Manfred Thaller PERSON
Surface Form: "the programming system CLIO"

Evidence Source

my experience from Vienna of building systems which, at least in theory, should be used by the researchers themselves, let me then invent the programming system CLIO (Thaller 1987a)
computer system for family reconstitution at Max Planck Institute for History SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
marriage registers, death records and other named sources such as taxation and property lists SOURCE_COLLECTION
Surface Form: "to create a computer system able to take the marriage registers of a village, find out which children belonged to which marriage, which death record belonged to which individual (which is called family reconstitution) and then to augment that with just about any conceivable source that contained names, lists of taxation, property lists and various other stuff"

Evidence Source

Now my task, and that was exactly the job I was hired for, was to create a computer system able to take the marriage registers of a village, find out which children belonged to which marriage, which death record belonged to which individual (which is called family reconstitution) and then to augment that with just about any conceivable source that contained names, lists of taxation, property lists and various other stuff.
proto-industrialisation CONCEPT
phase when artisanry in agricultural areas was converted into systematic production, particularly in the textile pre-industry CONCEPT
Surface Form: "is defined as the phase when artisanry in agricultural areas was, by various economic constructions, converted into a system where a relatively large portion of available income was also produced by the systematic production of items, particularly in the textile pre-industry or proto-industry"

Evidence Source

Proto-industrialisation is defined as the phase when artisanry in agricultural areas was, by various economic constructions, converted into a system where a relatively large portion of available income was also produced by the systematic production of items, particularly in the textile pre-industry or proto-industry.
source-oriented data processing CONCEPT
conversion of everything in historical sources into analysable form CONCEPT
Surface Form: "meant that you would try to take historical sources and try to convert “everything” (I hope you heard the quotes) that a source possibly contains into a form which then could be analysed for various purposes"

Evidence Source

Source-oriented databases, as I understood them, or source-oriented data processing as I understood it, meant that you would try to take historical sources and try to convert “everything” (I hope you heard the quotes) that a source possibly contains into a form which then could be analysed for various purposes.
summer schools on CLIO and source-oriented data processing EVENT_SERIES
about 100 participants NUMBER
Surface Form: "brought something like 100 people together"

summer schools on CLIO and source-oriented data processing EVENT_SERIES
2 weeks TIME_SPAN
Surface Form: "for 2 weeks"

Evidence Source

summer schools (1987 to 1992, 1994 and 1997) which at the height of the development brought something like 100 people together for 2 weeks
Sicherung und verbesserte Erschließung der Quellen im Archiv des Staatlichen Museums Auschwitz-Birkenau PROJECT
making the content of archives of the former concentration camp at Auschwitz available PROJECT_OBJECTIVE
Surface Form: "involved some early work on making the content of archives of the former concentration camp at Auschwitz available"

Evidence Source

There have been quite a few of these, one of which, for example, involved some early work on making the content of archives of the former concentration camp at Auschwitz available (Sicherung und verbesserte Erschließung der Quellen im Archiv des Staatlichen Museums Auschwitz-Birkenau Footnote4)
new implementation of CLIO SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
C PROGRAMMING_LANGUAGE
Surface Form: "not implemented in PL/1 anymore but in the programming language C"

Evidence Source

This allowed me to start a new implementation of that software that was not implemented in PL/1 anymore but in the programming language C
Manfred Thaller PERSON
source-oriented data processing CONCEPT
Surface Form: "for which I invented the term “source-oriented data processing”"

Evidence Source

This meant that within a relatively short period of something like 5 years, what originally had clearly been a supportive function for a specific number of research projects gained the status of an abstract research project on its own, simply geared towards building a general software system for historical purposes, for which I invented the term “source-oriented data processing” (see Thaller 1987b, 1988, 1991).
summer schools on CLIO and source-oriented data processing EVENT_SERIES
1987–1992, 1994, 1997 TIME_SPAN
Surface Form: "summer schools (1987 to 1992, 1994 and 1997)"

Evidence Source

We also made it available by providing summer schools (1987 to 1992, 1994 and 1997) which at the height of the development brought something like 100 people together for 2 weeks, to show how you could handle historical sources based on that type of software.
CLIO SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
all types of historical sources SOURCE_TYPE
Surface Form: "could be used for, theoretically, all types of historical sources"

Evidence Source

which in any case was rather general and could be used for, theoretically, all types of historical sources.
CLIO SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Latin LANGUAGE
Surface Form: "probably the only modestly widely used system with a command language in Latin"

Evidence Source

which some people still remember because it’s probably the only modestly widely used system with a command language in Latin
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Manfred Thaller Interviewee | Utterance #34 | 10 Extractions
ALLC and ACH conference in Siegen in 1990 CONFERENCE
ALLC and ACH ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "the conference of the ALLC and the ACH in Siegen"

ALLC and ACH conference in Siegen in 1990 CONFERENCE
Siegen CITY
Surface Form: "in Siegen"

Evidence Source

at the conference of the ALLC and the ACH in Siegen in [1990]
Duderstadt CITY
Lower Saxony REGION
Surface Form: "Duderstadt in lower Saxony"

Evidence Source

I had immediately afterwards the possibility to point out that the not so widely known city of Duderstadt in lower Saxony had online about twice as many pages of fairly obscure material from the fifteenth century!
Library of Congress in Washington INSTITUTION
first version of the George Washington papers DIGITAL_EDITION
Surface Form: "unveiled, with great pathos, the first version of the George Washington papers"

Evidence Source

sitting on a panel beside a representative of the Library of Congress in Washington who unveiled, with great pathos, the first version of the George Washington papers.
Manfred Thaller and collaborators GROUP
ALLC and ACH conference in Siegen in 1990 CONFERENCE
Surface Form: "at the conference of the ALLC and the ACH in Siegen in [1990] we presented a workstation with the kind of software I’m talking about"

Evidence Source

So, at the conference of the ALLC and the ACH in Siegen in [1990] we presented a workstation with the kind of software I’m talking about, which showed, among other things, a very, very early version of this image processing software.
mid-1990s manuscript digitisation project PROJECT
handling manuscript variants more meaningfully METHOD
Surface Form: "we had a separate section where we implemented the possibility of handling manuscript variants in a way that is more meaningful than how it is typically done"

Evidence Source

So, while digitisation was the main point of the project, we had a separate section where we implemented the possibility of handling manuscript variants in a way that is more meaningful than how it is typically done.
image processing project with Austrian Institute PROJECT
Unix workstations TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "working on Unix workstations"

Evidence Source

we entered image processing, which is digitisation, image enhancement, pattern recognition in 1988 or 1989, working on Unix workstations
mid-1990s manuscript digitisation project PROJECT
60,000–70,000 pages of manuscripts DIGITAL_CORPUS
Surface Form: "digitise a substantial amount of manuscripts, something like 60,000 pages or 70,000 pages"

Evidence Source

We got a research grant in the middle of the 1990s which allowed us to digitise a substantial amount of manuscripts, something like 60,000 pages or 70,000 pages, and make them available over the internet (see Aumann et al. 1999).
image processing project with Austrian Institute PROJECT
1988–1989 TIME_SPAN
Surface Form: "in 1988 or 1989"

Evidence Source

Well, still cooperating with that Austrian Institute where I had my first contract in 1976, we entered image processing, which is digitisation, image enhancement, pattern recognition in 1988 or 1989, working on Unix workstations
mid-1990s manuscript digitisation project PROJECT
the internet TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "make them available over the internet"

Evidence Source

which allowed us to digitise a substantial amount of manuscripts, something like 60,000 pages or 70,000 pages, and make them available over the internet (see Aumann et al. 1999).
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Manfred Thaller Interviewee | Utterance #36 | 7 Extractions
Professorship for Computer Science for the Humanities in Cologne POSITION
University of Cologne INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "Cologne then offered a Professorship for Computer Science for the Humanities"

Evidence Source

But when Cologne then offered a Professorship for Computer Science for the Humanities, where I had the possibility to build up my own study programs and also attract funding for projects that I could get involved in personally, rather than only managing them, this had so much attraction that I went south again, ending up instead on the Rhine at Cologne.
Manfred Thaller PERSON
History connected to digital methods FIELD
Surface Form: "I did a bit of teaching in History that was connected to digital methods"

Evidence Source

I did a bit of teaching in History that was connected to digital methods
University of Bergen INSTITUTION
Bergen, Norway PLACE
Surface Form: "University of Bergen"

Evidence Source

I was then asked to move fully to the University of Bergen to direct the merger of three independent research units there
Manfred Thaller PERSON
University of Bergen INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "asked to move fully to the University of Bergen to direct the merger of three independent research units there"

Evidence Source

I was then asked to move fully to the University of Bergen to direct the merger of three independent research units there, which covered the whole scope from editorial Philology right through to Museum Information Systems.
Manfred Thaller PERSON
Bergen, Norway PLACE
Surface Form: "I had a parallel appointment in Bergen, Norway"

Evidence Source

No, already during my last years at Max Planck in Göttingen, I had a parallel appointment in Bergen, Norway.
merged research unit at University of Bergen DEPARTMENT
about 30 people NUMBER
Surface Form: "was something like a 30-person infrastructure for IT usage in the Humanities in the University of Bergen"

Evidence Source

So that was a fairly large unit which, when it had been merged, was something like a 30-person infrastructure for IT usage in the Humanities in the University of Bergen.
merged research unit at University of Bergen DEPARTMENT
editorial Philology to Museum Information Systems FIELD_RANGE
Surface Form: "covered the whole scope from editorial Philology right through to Museum Information Systems"

Evidence Source

three independent research units there, which covered the whole scope from editorial Philology right through to Museum Information Systems.
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Manfred Thaller Interviewee | Utterance #38 | 7 Extractions
Manfred Thaller PERSON
from digital libraries to digital preservation FIELD_CHANGE
Surface Form: "out of digital libraries it was particularly easy to drift off into digital preservation"

Evidence Source

and out of digital libraries it was particularly easy to drift off into digital preservation because that was relatively simple to fund.
Max Planck Institute for History INSTITUTION
regular university INSTITUTION_TYPE
Surface Form: "at Max Planck funds were considerably more easily available than at a regular university"

Evidence Source

And the other thing, of course, is that at Max Planck funds were considerably more easily available than at a regular university
Manfred Thaller PERSON
more than a dozen universities INSTITUTION_COLLECTION
Surface Form: "I think I collected teaching assignments at more than a dozen universities during my years at Max Planck"

Evidence Source

I think I collected teaching assignments at more than a dozen universities during my years at Max Planck.
Manfred Thaller PERSON
summer schools EVENT_SERIES
Surface Form: "I was also heavily involved in summer schools"

Evidence Source

I was also heavily involved in summer schools.
Manfred Thaller PERSON
from historical databases to digital libraries FIELD_CHANGE
Surface Form: "out of creating historical databases it was very simple to drift into digital libraries"

Evidence Source

That may have brought me away from my original purposes because out of creating historical databases it was very simple to drift into digital libraries, particularly because it was easier to get funding for digital libraries than it was for historical databases
Manfred Thaller PERSON
Cologne PLACE
Surface Form: "I can call myself extremely successful at inviting third party funding for research while being in Cologne"

Evidence Source

though I have to say that in a sense I think I can call myself extremely successful at inviting third party funding for research while being in Cologne.
Manfred Thaller PERSON
Max Planck Institute for History INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "at Max Planck I had absolutely no contact with students, originally"

Evidence Source

Well, that’s totally different, I mean, at Max Planck I had absolutely no contact with students, originally.
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Susan Hockey Interviewee | Utterance #2 | 26 Extractions
Atlas Computer Laboratory INSTITUTION
Science Research Council ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "was funded by what was then called the Science Research Council"

Evidence Source

an organisation called the Atlas Computer Laboratory, which was funded by what was then called the Science Research Council to provide computing support for universities
Andrew Morton PERSON
Pauline Epistles TEXT
Surface Form: "been doing this text analysis study of the Pauline Epistles with a computer"

Evidence Source

Andrew Morton, who’d been doing this text analysis study of the Pauline Epistles with a computer.
Alan Jones PERSON
Atlas Computer Laboratory INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "he was doing his work at an organisation called the Atlas Computer Laboratory"

Evidence Source

Because technology within the universities at that time was quite small, and very much focussed on Sciences, he was doing his work at an organisation called the Atlas Computer Laboratory, which was funded by what was then called the Science Research Council to provide computing support for universities.
Susan Hockey PERSON
Atlas Computer Laboratory INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "I applied for a job there"

Susan Hockey PERSON
Atlas Computer Laboratory INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "and they hired me"

Evidence Source

I applied for a job there, having no qualifications in computing, and my only mathematical expertise was up to O level, and they hired me.
Susan Hockey PERSON
University of Oxford INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "did Classics at Oxford"

Susan Hockey PERSON
Classics FIELD
Surface Form: "did Classics"

Susan Hockey PERSON
Egyptian with Akkadian FIELD
Surface Form: "did my final degree in Egyptian with Akkadian"

Evidence Source

I did Classics at Oxford and then did my final degree in Egyptian with Akkadian.
Alan Jones PERSON
Koran TEXT
Surface Form: "doing some text analysis work on the Koran"

Evidence Source

I met one of the lecturers in Arabic, called Alan Jones, and found out that he was already doing some computing things. I think my tutor told me about him and I met him and found out that he was doing some text analysis work on the Koran.
Andrew Morton PERSON
The Observer JOURNAL
Surface Form: "those articles in the Observer from Andrew Morton"

Evidence Source

I remembered reading those articles in the Observer from Andrew Morton, who’d been doing this text analysis study of the Pauline Epistles with a computer.
Susan Hockey PERSON
Oxford University INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "I started giving courses there"

Evidence Source

I started giving courses there and then we started developing more in different facilities.
Susan Hockey PERSON
Atlas Computer Laboratory INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "I stayed there until early 1975"

Evidence Source

I stayed there until early 1975 when Oxford University decided they wanted to do something more on Computing in the Arts.
Susan Hockey PERSON
late 1960s TIME_SPAN
Surface Form: "I was an undergraduate in the late 1960s"

Evidence Source

I was an undergraduate in the late 1960s.
Susan Hockey PERSON
Oxford University INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "I was there from 1975 until I went to America in 1991"

Evidence Source

I was there from 1975 until I went to America in 1991.
Graph plotter TECHNOLOGY
graph output CONCEPT
Surface Form: "the latest technology then and the only way of doing graphs"

Evidence Source

It was the latest technology then and the only way of doing graphs.
Atlas Computer Laboratory INSTITUTION
Harwell site at Chilton PLACE
Surface Form: "is on the Harwell site at Chilton"

Evidence Source

It’s been merged into many other things since then and is on the Harwell site at Chilton.
Teaching Officer for Computing in the Arts POSITION
Oxford University INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "was first of all described as Teaching Officer for Computing in the Arts"

Susan Hockey PERSON
Teaching Officer for Computing in the Arts at Oxford University POSITION
Surface Form: "I applied for that job and got it"

Evidence Source

So I applied for that job and got it and it was first of all described as Teaching Officer for Computing in the Arts.
Susan Hockey PERSON
Alan Jones’s Arabic concordances PROJECT
Surface Form: "I wrote some programs to display Alan Jones’s Arabic concordances on a graph plotter"

Evidence Source

So I wrote some programs to display Alan Jones’s Arabic concordances on a graph plotter, which is a really ancient device.
Atlas computer TECHNOLOGY
first ever paged memory computing machine CONCEPT
Surface Form: "the first ever paged memory computing machine"

Evidence Source

the Atlas, which was the first ever paged memory computing machine.
COCOA SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Atlas machine language PROGRAMMING_LANGUAGE
Surface Form: "was written in the Atlas machine language"

Evidence Source

they had several people using this COCOA concordance program, which I think was written in the Atlas machine language.
COCOA SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
FORTRAN PROGRAMMING_LANGUAGE
Surface Form: "a project to re-write it in FORTRAN"

Evidence Source

They wanted something that would have a slightly better user interface, and something that would outlive Atlas, so they started a project to re-write it in FORTRAN.
Susan Hockey PERSON
COCOA FORTRAN reimplementation project PROJECT
Surface Form: "I was an adviser on that project"

Evidence Source

They wanted something that would have a slightly better user interface, and something that would outlive Atlas, so they started a project to re-write it in FORTRAN. I didn’t actually do the coding. I was an adviser on that project.
COCOA SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Atlas computer TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "running on the Atlas"

Evidence Source

When I started they already had a concordance program called COCOA, which was running on the Atlas, which was the first ever paged memory computing machine.
Oxford University INSTITUTION
Computing in the Arts FIELD
Surface Form: "decided they wanted to do something more on Computing in the Arts"

Evidence Source

when Oxford University decided they wanted to do something more on Computing in the Arts, as it was called then, and they started looking for someone who could get people interested.
Atlas Computer Laboratory INSTITUTION
universities INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "to provide computing support for universities"

Evidence Source

which was funded by what was then called the Science Research Council to provide computing support for universities
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Susan Hockey Interviewee | Utterance #4 | 1 Extractions
IBM ORGANISATION
business computing FIELD
Surface Form: "manufacturing systems in business computing"

Evidence Source

I had read a few things about IBM, who were, in the main, manufacturing systems in business computing.
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Antonio Zampolli PERSON
First Literary and Linguistic Computing conference in the UK (1970) CONFERENCE
Surface Form: "that is where I met Antonio Zampolli, who was there"

Evidence Source

I know Busa wasn’t there but that is where I met Antonio Zampolli, who was there, as were quite a lot of other people.
Susan Hockey PERSON
First Literary and Linguistic Computing conference in the UK (1970) CONFERENCE
Surface Form: "I went to the first conference in this country in 1970 on what was called Literary and Linguistic Computing"

Evidence Source

I know I read a lot about what was going on, and I went to the first conference in this country in 1970 on what was called Literary and Linguistic Computing.
Busa PERSON
University of Oxford INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "him coming to Oxford and then coming to my office in Oxford"

Evidence Source

I remember him coming to Oxford and then coming to my office in Oxford but that was probably in the late 1970s.
Busa PERSON
text analysis and humanities computing FIELD
Surface Form: "I found out about Busa then and started following up about what he was doing"

Evidence Source

I spent quite a bit of time when I first got there looking around in the library and I found out about Busa then and started following up about what he was doing.
Atlas Computer Laboratory INSTITUTION
CHum JOURNAL
Surface Form: "they had a good library which included CHum right back to when it started in 1966"

Evidence Source

The Atlas Computer Laboratory was generously funded and they had a good library which included CHum right back to when it started in 1966.
CHum JOURNAL
1966 TIME
Surface Form: "when it started in 1966"

Evidence Source

they had a good library which included CHum right back to when it started in 1966.
Antonio Zampolli PERSON
Busa PERSON
Surface Form: "started as Busa’s research assistant"

Evidence Source

You know, Antonio Zampolli started as Busa’s research assistant.
Busa PERSON
Index Thomisticus PROJECT
Surface Form: "he wrote the introduction to his Thomas Aquinas thing in Latin"

Latin LANGUAGE
Index Thomisticus introduction PROJECT
Surface Form: "wrote the introduction to his Thomas Aquinas thing in Latin"

Evidence Source

You know, he wrote the introduction to his Thomas Aquinas thing in Latin, so that it could be read by a lot of different people.
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Susan Hockey PERSON
FORTRAN PROGRAMMING_LANGUAGE
Surface Form: "I was given some books and they said read and get on with it. You need to learn FORTRAN"

Evidence Source

I was given some books and they said read and get on with it. You need to learn FORTRAN and if you need any help come and ask, and that’s how I learned.
Atlas Computer Laboratory INSTITUTION
Susan Hockey PERSON
Surface Form: "they created the job and hired me"

Evidence Source

Well, they created the job and hired me. I’m not certain that it was created for me but I was appointed to it.
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Susan Hockey Interviewee | Utterance #12 | 5 Extractions
Susan Hockey PERSON
ALGOL PROGRAMMING_LANGUAGE
Surface Form: "I learned some ALGOL"

Evidence Source

And I learned some ALGOL, a little bit of Atlas machine code, and I started seriously doing SNOBOL when I wanted to give a programming course in Oxford and it seemed the obvious thing for text handling.
Susan Hockey PERSON
Atlas machine code PROGRAMMING_LANGUAGE
Surface Form: "a little bit of Atlas machine code"

Evidence Source

And I learned some ALGOL, a little bit of Atlas machine code, and I started seriously doing SNOBOL when I wanted to give a programming course in Oxford.
Susan Hockey PERSON
SNOBOL PROGRAMMING_LANGUAGE
Surface Form: "I started seriously doing SNOBOL when I wanted to give a programming course in Oxford"

Evidence Source

and I started seriously doing SNOBOL when I wanted to give a programming course in Oxford and it seemed the obvious thing for text handling.
FORTRAN PROGRAMMING_LANGUAGE
Atlas Computer Laboratory INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "FORTRAN was the thing that everybody used for almost all the applications in the Atlas Computer Laboratory"

Evidence Source

FORTRAN was the thing that everybody used for almost all the applications in the Atlas Computer Laboratory.
Atlas Computer Laboratory INSTITUTION
SNOBOL PROGRAMMING_LANGUAGE
Surface Form: "they didn’t really have a proper compiler for it there"

Evidence Source

I think I looked at that a bit when I was at the Atlas Computer Laboratory but they didn’t really have a proper compiler for it there.
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Susan Hockey PERSON
ALLC SOCIETY
Surface Form: "I got elected to be the Chair"

Evidence Source

and then I got elected to be the Chair, which I actually did for quite a long time.
Susan Hockey PERSON
ALLC Bulletin JOURNAL
Surface Form: "I was editing the ALLC Bulletin"

Evidence Source

and then I was editing the ALLC Bulletin, and then I got elected to be the Chair, which I actually did for quite a long time.
ALLC SOCIETY
King’s College London INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "there was a meeting at King’s College in London in 1973 when it was formed"

ALLC SOCIETY
1973 TIME
Surface Form: "in 1973 when it was formed"

Evidence Source

And there was a meeting at King’s College in London in 1973 when it was formed.
Susan Hockey PERSON
First Literary and Linguistic Computing conference (Cambridge 1970) CONFERENCE
Surface Form: "He and I went to what I think was the first Literary Linguistic and Computing conference in the UK, in Cambridge in 1970"

Evidence Source

He and I went to what I think was the first Literary Linguistic and Computing conference in the UK, in Cambridge in 1970, and we gave a preliminary talk on what we were planning to do with all this non-standard character output.
Roy Wisbey PERSON
First Literary and Linguistic Computing conference proceedings PROJECT
Surface Form: "I think Roy Wisbey edited the first one, which was published by Cambridge"

First Literary and Linguistic Computing conference proceedings PROJECT
Cambridge University Press PUBLISHER
Surface Form: "was published by Cambridge"

Evidence Source

I think Roy Wisbey edited the first one, which was published by Cambridge.
Joan Smith PERSON
ALLC SOCIETY
Surface Form: "was in Manchester then, and she was energetic and felt it would be a good idea to form a society to support all of this. She persuaded Roy Wisbey to take on doing this"

Evidence Source

That was before the ALLC was founded: there was a lady called Joan Smith, who was in Manchester then, and she was energetic and felt it would be a good idea to form a society to support all of this. She persuaded Roy Wisbey to take on doing this.
First Literary and Linguistic Computing conference (Cambridge 1970) CONFERENCE
Cambridge CITY
Surface Form: "in Cambridge in 1970"

Evidence Source

the first Literary Linguistic and Computing conference in the UK, in Cambridge in 1970
ALLC SOCIETY
ALLC Bulletin and journal JOURNAL
Surface Form: "The Society ran its own bulletin and journal for quite some time"

Evidence Source

The Society ran its own bulletin and journal for quite some time.
First Literary and Linguistic Computing conference (Cambridge 1970) CONFERENCE
70 or 80 people CONCEPT
Surface Form: "There were about 70 or 80 people there"

Evidence Source

There were about 70 or 80 people there and that’s when I first met people who subsequently became quite well known worldwide in the field.
Susan Hockey PERSON
Joseph Raben PERSON
Surface Form: "that’s when I first met people who subsequently became quite well known worldwide in the field. I met Joseph Raben, for example"

Evidence Source

There were about 70 or 80 people there and that’s when I first met people who subsequently became quite well known worldwide in the field. I met Joseph Raben, for example, and Bob and Joe got on very well, so we kept in touch a lot.
Literary and Linguistic Computing conferences CONFERENCE_SERIES
Edinburgh and other European venues PLACE
Surface Form: "another one was organised in Edinburgh 2 years later and I think they carried on every 2 years for about 10 or 12 years"

Evidence Source

These conferences were such a success that another one was organised in Edinburgh 2 years later and I think they carried on every 2 years for about 10 or 12 years and more people kept coming.
Susan Hockey PERSON
ALLC SOCIETY
Surface Form: "I think I ended up on the committee of the ALLC fairly early on"

Evidence Source

Yes, I think I ended up on the committee of the ALLC fairly early on, and then I was editing the ALLC Bulletin, and then I got elected to be the Chair, which I actually did for quite a long time.
Bob Churchhouse PERSON
Cardiff PLACE
Surface Form: "who left to take up a chair at Cardiff"

Evidence Source

Yes, not my immediate boss, but the person that I did quite a bit of work for when there was called Bob Churchhouse, who left to take up a chair at Cardiff.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #19 | 0 Extractions

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Susan Hockey Interviewee | Utterance #20 | 12 Extractions
TEI PROJECT
European Commission ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "Antonio was instrumental in getting some money from a European Commission stream"

Evidence Source

Antonio was instrumental in getting some money from a European Commission stream.
TEI PROJECT
ALLC, ACH, Association for Computational Linguistics SOCIETY
Surface Form: "organise it with two representatives of the three societies that were involved with it. There was the ALLC, ACH and the Association for Computational Linguistics"

Evidence Source

I think it was at that meeting that it was decided to organise it with two representatives of the three societies that were involved with it. There was the ALLC, ACH and the Association for Computational Linguistics.
Susan Hockey PERSON
TEI Steering Committee COUNCIL
Surface Form: "I was one of the two ALLC representatives on the Steering Committee"

Antonio Zampolli PERSON
TEI Steering Committee COUNCIL
Surface Form: "The other was Antonio Zampolli"

Evidence Source

I was one of the two ALLC representatives on the Steering Committee. The other was Antonio Zampolli.
TEI PROJECT
Vassar College TEI planning meeting (Poughkeepsie 1987) EVENT
Surface Form: "TEI started with a meeting organized at Vassar College Poughkeepsie in 1987, November"

Evidence Source

TEI started with a meeting organized at Vassar College Poughkeepsie in 1987, November, I think, and that was invitational.
Vassar College TEI planning meeting (Poughkeepsie 1987) EVENT
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "at Vassar College Poughkeepsie"

Vassar College TEI planning meeting (Poughkeepsie 1987) EVENT
November 1987 TIME
Surface Form: "in 1987, November"

Evidence Source

TEI started with a meeting organized at Vassar College Poughkeepsie in 1987, November.
Don Walker PERSON
TEI PROJECT
Surface Form: "whose long term Secretary Don Walker had also realised that this was something important"

Evidence Source

There was the ALLC, ACH and the Association for Computational Linguistics, whose long term Secretary Don Walker had also realised that this was something important.
TEI Steering Committee COUNCIL
Susan Hockey PERSON
Surface Form: "We took it in turns to chair the Steering Committee and when it was the ALLC turn it was me"

Evidence Source

There were six of us, I suppose, who organized it. We took it in turns to chair the Steering Committee and when it was the ALLC turn it was me.
TEI PROJECT
NEH ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "We got some money from the NEH to get started"

Evidence Source

We got some money from the NEH to get started and Antonio was instrumental in getting some money from a European Commission stream.
Susan Hockey PERSON
Poughkeepsie principles CONCEPT
Surface Form: "We sat for an afternoon and defined these things which became known as the Poughkeepsie principles"

Poughkeepsie principles CONCEPT
TEI PROJECT
Surface Form: "these things which became known as the Poughkeepsie principles"

Evidence Source

We sat for an afternoon and defined these things which became known as the Poughkeepsie principles.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #21 | 0 Extractions

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Susan Hockey Interviewee | Utterance #22 | 2 Extractions
TEI PROJECT
TEI face to face meetings EVENT
Surface Form: "we did have funding to have face to face meetings"

Evidence Source

But we soon discovered how difficult it is to get closure on an email discussion and we did have funding to have face to face meetings, which really were very productive.
TEI PROJECT
email TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "we said in the TEI right from the beginning that anybody who wanted to do any work for it had to do it by email"

Evidence Source

We said in the TEI right from the beginning that anybody who wanted to do any work for it had to do it by email.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #23 | 1 Extractions
Julianne Nyhan PERSON
TEI council COUNCIL
Surface Form: "I served on the TEI council a few years ago"

Evidence Source

I served on the TEI council a few years ago and email is still certainly at the heart of all of it.
Susan Hockey Interviewee | Utterance #24 | 5 Extractions
Joseph Raben PERSON
CHum JOURNAL
Surface Form: "was interested in having some kind of society to support CHum"

Evidence Source

I can’t remember the details about the founding of ACH, but Joseph Raben was interested in having some kind of society to support CHum, which had been round various publishers.
ACH SOCIETY
CHum JOURNAL
Surface Form: "society to support CHum"

Evidence Source

I can’t remember the details about the founding of ACH, but Joseph Raben was interested in having some kind of society to support CHum.
Susan Hockey PERSON
ACH SOCIETY
Surface Form: "I was a member of the ACH for quite some time"

Evidence Source

I did go to quite a number of those as well. I was a member of the ACH for quite some time but I don’t really remember exactly what happened about the organization of that.
ACH SOCIETY
ALLC SOCIETY
Surface Form: "perhaps 4 or 5 years after the ALLC"

Evidence Source

I think it was later than that. I think it was perhaps 4 or 5 years after the ALLC.
University of Waterloo conference 1977 CONFERENCE
University of Waterloo INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "the third one of those was at the University of Waterloo in 1977"

Evidence Source

the Americans had sort of looked a little bit at what was going on in Britain and they’d started a series of conferences in the alternate years and the third one of those was at the University of Waterloo in 1977.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #25 | 0 Extractions

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Susan Hockey Interviewee | Utterance #26 | 8 Extractions
Antonio Zampolli PERSON
Dante and other works of Italian literature TEXT
Surface Form: "even in the 1980s to do work, to try and apply the tools and techniques they’d developed for Computational Linguistics to see how well they worked with literary texts like Dante and other works of Italian literature"

Evidence Source

Antonio was really keen, even in the 1980s to do work, to try and apply the tools and techniques they’d developed for Computational Linguistics to see how well they worked with literary texts like Dante and other works of Italian literature.
David Barnard PERSON
Queens University (Computer Science) INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "when he was Professor of Computer Science at Queens University, in Canada"

Evidence Source

David Barnard who was involved in the TEI quite a bit when he was Professor of Computer Science at Queens University, in Canada.
Paul Fortier PERSON
French Studies FIELD
Surface Form: "He was in French Studies"

Evidence Source

He was in French Studies and he said that nobody spoke to him at the first conference he went to in French Studies and he vowed it would never happen in this field.
Antonio Zampolli PERSON
Literary computing and Computational Linguistics FIELD
Surface Form: "he was very, very keen on linking up literary computing with research that was going on in Computational Linguistics"

Evidence Source

He was very, very keen on linking up literary computing with research that was going on in Computational Linguistics.
David Barnard PERSON
University of Manitoba INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "He’s now the President at the University of Manitoba"

Evidence Source

He’s now the President at the University of Manitoba.
Bob Churchhouse PERSON
Susan Hockey PERSON
Surface Form: "Two people who helped me a lot when I started were Bob Churchhouse and Alan Jones"

Alan Jones PERSON
Susan Hockey PERSON
Surface Form: "Two people who helped me a lot when I started were Bob Churchhouse and Alan Jones"

Evidence Source

Two people who helped me a lot when I started were Bob Churchhouse and Alan Jones – I’ve already mentioned them.
Busa PERSON
lemmatized text of Thomas Aquinas PROJECT
Surface Form: "in the 1950s he wanted to have a completely lemmatized version of his text"

Evidence Source

You know, in the 1950s he wanted to have a completely lemmatized version of his text and we still can’t really do that automatically now.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #27 | 0 Extractions

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Susan Hockey Interviewee | Utterance #28 | 0 Extractions

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Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #29 | 0 Extractions

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Susan Hockey Interviewee | Utterance #30 | 12 Extractions
Humanities in Oxford (except Oriental Studies) DEPARTMENT
departmental computing facilities CONCEPT
Surface Form: "Humanities, at that time in Oxford, except for Oriental Studies, had no departmental facilities"

Evidence Source

because Humanities, at that time in Oxford, except for Oriental Studies, had no departmental facilities.
St Cross College COLLEGE
Oxford colleges COLLEGE
Surface Form: "it was actually the first college to have a computer in Oxford"

Evidence Source

But St Cross was also very forward looking and it was actually the first college to have a computer in Oxford.
Susan Hockey PERSON
Kenneth Dover PERSON
Surface Form: "I did quite a bit of work with Kenneth Dover as well, a very well-known classicist"

Kenneth Dover PERSON
Classics FIELD
Surface Form: "a very well-known classicist"

Evidence Source

I did quite a bit of work with Kenneth Dover as well, a very well-known classicist.
Orlando project PROJECT
Susan Hockey PERSON
Surface Form: "there was a very big project which I was extremely interested in, and I did quite a bit of work with, the Orlando project"

Evidence Source

I think the same was true in Alberta where there was a very big project which I was extremely interested in, and I did quite a bit of work with, the Orlando project, and that was really pushing the boundaries of what you can do.
Susan Hockey PERSON
Computing Center in Oxford INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "I was 16 years in the Computing Center in Oxford"

Evidence Source

I was 16 years in the Computing Center in Oxford.
Susan Hockey PERSON
St Cross College COLLEGE
Surface Form: "I was elected to a fellowship of St Cross College in 1979"

St Cross College COLLEGE
University of Oxford INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "which was one of the new young graduate colleges"

Evidence Source

I was elected to a fellowship of St Cross College in 1979, which was one of the new young graduate colleges.
electronic resources in libraries CONCEPT
CD-ROMs TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "they were almost all CD-ROMs"

Evidence Source

It was very, very early days for computing and electronic resources in libraries anyway – they were almost all CD-ROMs.
Susan Hockey PERSON
library in New Jersey LIBRARY
Surface Form: "My next job in New Jersey was based in a library"

Evidence Source

My next job in New Jersey was based in a library and that had a different atmosphere.
Anthony Kenny PERSON
concordances TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "who did various computer-based stylistic studies based on concordances"

Evidence Source

particularly Anthony Kenny, the well-known Philosopher, who did various computer-based stylistic studies based on concordances.
Susan Hockey PERSON
Humanities department in Alberta DEPARTMENT
Surface Form: "I wasn’t ever in a Humanities department until I got to Alberta"

Evidence Source

So because I wasn’t ever in a Humanities department until I got to Alberta where there was a very stimulating intellectual atmosphere, I didn’t really have much cause to be around people who weren’t computing.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #31 | 0 Extractions

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Susan Hockey Interviewee | Utterance #32 | 0 Extractions

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Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #33 | 0 Extractions

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Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #1 | 0 Extractions

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Tito Orlandi Interviewee | Utterance #2 | 11 Extractions
Critical edition project of St Augustine’s The City of God PROJECT
around 1960 TIME_SPAN
Surface Form: "this was around 1960"

Evidence Source

(this was around 1960)
Silvio Ceccato PERSON
University of Milan INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "he was Professor at the University of Milan"

Evidence Source

he was one of the first Italian intellectuals – and he was Professor at the University of Milan, of course – to become interested in the Artificial Intelligences
Silvio Ceccato PERSON
Artificial Intelligence FIELD
Surface Form: "to become interested in the Artificial Intelligences"

Silvio Ceccato PERSON
Artificial Intelligence FIELD
Surface Form: "one of the first Italian intellectuals – and he was Professor at the University of Milan, of course – to become interested in the Artificial Intelligences"

Evidence Source

he was one of the first Italian intellectuals – and he was Professor at the University of Milan, of course – to become interested in the Artificial Intelligences or methods to produce artificial reasoning
IBM ORGANISATION
Milan CITY
Surface Form: "their shop in Milan"

Evidence Source

I saw IBM machines in the window of their shop in Milan in the 1950s
Tito Orlandi PERSON
1950s TIME_SPAN
Surface Form: "in the 1950s and so I became aware that something like that existed"

Evidence Source

I saw IBM machines in the window of their shop in Milan in the 1950s and so I became aware that something like that existed
Tito Orlandi PERSON
Philology FIELD
Surface Form: "I was studying Philology at the time"

Evidence Source

I was studying Philology at the time
Tito Orlandi PERSON
Critical edition project of St Augustine’s The City of God PROJECT
Surface Form: "I was, in a sense, the originator of the project"

Evidence Source

I was, in a sense, the originator of the project, because I spoke with my Professor of Philology, Ignazio Cazzaniga, about it
Ignazio Cazzaniga PERSON
Philology FIELD
Surface Form: "my Professor of Philology"

Evidence Source

my Professor of Philology, Ignazio Cazzaniga
Critical edition project of St Augustine’s The City of God PROJECT
St Augustine’s The City of God TEXT
Surface Form: "making a critical edition in Latin of St Augustine’s The City of God"

Critical edition project of St Augustine’s The City of God PROJECT
card computers TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "with the help of those card computers"

Evidence Source

to explore the possibilities of making a critical edition in Latin of St Augustine’s The City of God, with the help of those card computers
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #3 | 0 Extractions

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Tito Orlandi Interviewee | Utterance #4 | 6 Extractions
Tito Orlandi PERSON
Centro di calcolo of the University of Rome DEPARTMENT
Surface Form: "when I went to the Centro di calcolo (the Computer Centre) of the University of Rome everything really began"

Evidence Source

But when I went to the Centro di calcolo (the Computer Centre) of the University of Rome everything really began
Tito Orlandi PERSON
Coptic manuscripts and other literature TEXT_CORPUS
Surface Form: "By the late 1970s I had collected a great amount of information pertaining to Coptic manuscripts and other literature"

Tito Orlandi PERSON
late 1970s TIME_SPAN
Surface Form: "By the late 1970s"

Evidence Source

By the late 1970s I had collected a great amount of information pertaining to Coptic manuscripts and other literature
Tito Orlandi PERSON
Nixdorf Computer AG ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "I contacted some companies like Nixdorf Computer AG"

Evidence Source

I contacted some companies like Nixdorf Computer AG,Footnote3 and others, in order to explore the possibilities that existed then
Centro di calcolo of the University of Rome DEPARTMENT
University of Rome INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "the Centro di calcolo (the Computer Centre) of the University of Rome"

Centro di calcolo of the University of Rome DEPARTMENT
Computer Centre CONCEPT
Surface Form: "the Computer Centre"

Evidence Source

the Centro di calcolo (the Computer Centre) of the University of Rome
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #5 | 0 Extractions

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Tito Orlandi Interviewee | Utterance #6 | 1 Extractions
Tito Orlandi PERSON
personnel of the Computer Centre of the University of Rome ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "I worked with them with much satisfaction"

Evidence Source

the personnel there who were available to help me were really good and I worked with them with much satisfaction
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #7 | 0 Extractions

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Tito Orlandi Interviewee | Utterance #8 | 1 Extractions
Silvio Ceccato PERSON
computers TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "he had also seen that those machines could, in a way, think"

Evidence Source

As I mentioned, Professor Ceccato, but he had also seen that those machines could, in a way, think
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #9 | 0 Extractions

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Tito Orlandi Interviewee | Utterance #10 | 1 Extractions
Silvio Ceccato PERSON
pure thinking and automatic procedures CONCEPT
Surface Form: "he had seen the relationship between pure thinking and automatic procedures"

Evidence Source

I mean, he had seen the relationship between pure thinking and automatic procedures
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #11 | 0 Extractions

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Tito Orlandi Interviewee | Utterance #12 | 4 Extractions
Luigi Cerofolini PERSON
Applied mathematics FIELD
Surface Form: "He was an applied mathematician"

Luigi Cerofolini PERSON
logical theory of numbers FIELD
Surface Form: "studied the logical theory of numbers"

Evidence Source

He was an applied mathematician who also studied the logical theory of numbers
Luigi Cerofolini PERSON
Artificial Intelligence FIELD
Surface Form: "he hated Artificial Intelligence"

Evidence Source

He was very realistic, very straightforward. There was no charlatanism in his approach and he hated Artificial Intelligence
Tito Orlandi PERSON
Luigi Cerofolini PERSON
Surface Form: "The man I consider my real teacher in computing and also Humanities Computing is Luigi Cerofolini"

Evidence Source

The man I consider my real teacher in computing and also Humanities Computing is Luigi Cerofolini
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #13 | 0 Extractions

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Tito Orlandi Interviewee | Utterance #14 | 13 Extractions
Omnidata Database Management System SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
UNIVAC mainframe of the Centro di calcolo of the University of Rome TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "then running on the UNIVAC mainframe of the centre"

Evidence Source

a Database Management System (called Omnidata), then running on the UNIVAC mainframe of the centre
Unix system TECHNOLOGY
practical side of Humanities Computing FIELD
Surface Form: "from the practical side is the Unix system"

Evidence Source

and from the practical side is the Unix system
Unix TECHNOLOGY
environment system CONCEPT
Surface Form: "Unix is not an operating system, it is an environment system"

Evidence Source

Cerofolini taught me that Unix is not an operating system, it is an environment system
Tito Orlandi PERSON
Turing machine CONCEPT
Surface Form: "First, I encountered the Turing machine and I had never heard about that before"

Evidence Source

First, I encountered the Turing machine and I had never heard about that before
Turing machine CONCEPT
theoretical side of Humanities Computing FIELD
Surface Form: "from the theoretical side is the Turing machine"

Evidence Source

I insist, and nobody in Humanities Computing wants to acknowledge this, but I think that what is most important from the theoretical side is the Turing machine
Mirella Schaerf PERSON
Director of the Centro di calcolo of the University of Rome POSITION
Surface Form: "the Director"

Mirella Schaerf PERSON
Centro di calcolo of the University of Rome DEPARTMENT
Surface Form: "the Director"

Evidence Source

Mirella Schaerf, the Director, was very helpful
Tito Orlandi PERSON
Unix TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "Second, I encountered Unix"

Evidence Source

Second, I encountered Unix
Tito Orlandi PERSON
Omnidata Database Management System SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "gave me free access"

Evidence Source

She explained how it worked and gave me free access
Mirella Schaerf PERSON
Omnidata Database Management System SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "provided a Database Management System (called Omnidata)"

Evidence Source

she understood my problems and provided a Database Management System (called Omnidata), then running on the UNIVAC mainframe of the centre
Mirella Schaerf PERSON
Engineer PROFESSION
Surface Form: "She was an engineer"

Evidence Source

She was an engineer and she understood my problems
Centro di calcolo of the University of Rome DEPARTMENT
University of Rome INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "the Computing Centre of the University of Rome"

Evidence Source

the Centro di calcolo, the Computing Centre of the University of Rome
UNIVAC mainframe of the Centro di calcolo of the University of Rome TECHNOLOGY
Centro di calcolo of the University of Rome DEPARTMENT
Surface Form: "mainframe of the centre"

Evidence Source

UNIVAC mainframe of the centre
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #15 | 0 Extractions

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Tito Orlandi Interviewee | Utterance #16 | 2 Extractions
Turing machine CONCEPT
logic, reason and material computation CONCEPT
Surface Form: "a mystic-philosophical link between logic, reason and something that materially happens, that is the computer or whatever"

Evidence Source

I have understood that the Turing machine is mysterious and also, in a sense, a mystic-philosophical link between logic, reason and something that materially happens, that is the computer or whatever
computer CONCEPT
anything that can perform automatic procedures on discreet quantities CONCEPT
Surface Form: "It is anything that can perform automatic procedures on discreet quantities"

Evidence Source

You know the computer is not only what we generally call ‘a computer’? It is anything that can perform automatic procedures on discreet quantities
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #17 | 0 Extractions

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Tito Orlandi Interviewee | Utterance #18 | 1 Extractions
logical part of Humanities research FIELD
computers TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "That part of Humanities may be automated"

Evidence Source

However, when one develops a historical proposition they must construct it logically. If it is not logically constructed it is intrinsically contradictory and does not stand. That part of Humanities may be automated with enormous consequences in the sense that computers (this is banal but this is where it enters) can manage quantities of memories that the human brain cannot
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #19 | 0 Extractions

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Tito Orlandi Interviewee | Utterance #20 | 5 Extractions
Father Roberto Busa PERSON
IBM ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "his relationship with IBM"

Evidence Source

although his relationship with IBM (which at the time did not include real computation, like the UNIVAC, for example) is, of course, established
William Weaver PERSON
artificial translation and automatic translation FIELD
Surface Form: "the work of William Weaver"

Norbert Wiener PERSON
artificial translation and automatic translation FIELD
Surface Form: "the work of William Weaver, Norbert Wiener, and others"

Evidence Source

Here I’m referring, of course, to the work of William Weaver, Norbert Wiener, and others
experiments on artificial translation and automatic translation PROJECT
Humanities Computing FIELD
Surface Form: "The real beginnings of Humanities Computing can be found in some experiments, especially on artificial translation and automatic translation"

Evidence Source

The real beginnings of Humanities Computing can be found in some experiments, especially on artificial translation and automatic translation
Jean-Claude Gardin PERSON
archaeology using computing FIELD
Surface Form: "the experiments of Jean-Claude Gardin and the new archaeology"

Evidence Source

We must also look to some branches of archaeology, especially the experiments of Jean-Claude Gardin and the new archaeology, in America and beyond
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #21 | 0 Extractions

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Tito Orlandi Interviewee | Utterance #22 | 0 Extractions

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Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #23 | 0 Extractions

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Tito Orlandi Interviewee | Utterance #24 | 3 Extractions
Mario Alinei PERSON
early Italian literary text TEXT_CORPUS
Surface Form: "the much more serious work done for the early Italian literary text by Mario Alinei and D’Arco Silvio Avalle"

D’Arco Silvio Avalle PERSON
early Italian literary text TEXT_CORPUS
Surface Form: "the much more serious work done for the early Italian literary text by Mario Alinei and D’Arco Silvio Avalle"

Evidence Source

Indeed, the much more serious work done for the early Italian literary text by Mario Alinei and D’Arco Silvio Avalle does not come from Busa’s group
Father Roberto Busa PERSON
Society of Jesus ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "his being a Jesuit"

Evidence Source

this may be something to do with his being a Jesuit and that is also important
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #25 | 0 Extractions

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Tito Orlandi Interviewee | Utterance #26 | 2 Extractions
Peter Robinson’s Chaucer project PROJECT
1996 TIME
Surface Form: "Chaucer (1996)"

Evidence Source

Peter Robinson’s Chaucer (1996)
Peter Robinson’s Chaucer project PROJECT
critical edition CONCEPT
Surface Form: "Regarding the first critical edition, for instance, what comes to my mind is Peter Robinson’s Chaucer (1996)"

Evidence Source

Regarding the first critical edition, for instance, what comes to my mind is Peter Robinson’s Chaucer (1996)
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #27 | 0 Extractions

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Tito Orlandi Interviewee | Utterance #28 | 4 Extractions
Tito Orlandi PERSON
computing FIELD
Surface Form: "I trained myself using textbooks"

Evidence Source

Absolutely not. I trained myself using textbooks
Archaeological Constructs: An Aspect of Theoretical Archaeology PUBLICATION
1980 TIME
Surface Form: "(1980)"

Evidence Source

Archaeological Constructs: An Aspect of Theoretical Archaeology (1980)
Jean Claude Gardin PERSON
Archaeological Constructs: An Aspect of Theoretical Archaeology PUBLICATION
Surface Form: "Jean Claude Gardin’s Archaeological Constructs: An Aspect of Theoretical Archaeology (1980)"

Evidence Source

Jean Claude Gardin’s Archaeological Constructs: An Aspect of Theoretical Archaeology (1980)
Computer Centre of the University of Rome DEPARTMENT
Tito Orlandi PERSON
Surface Form: "The people at the University Computer Centre gave me some practical instruction"

Evidence Source

The people at the University Computer Centre gave me some practical instruction
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #29 | 1 Extractions
Digital Humanities (DH) FIELD
Humanities Computing FIELD
Surface Form: "this term that’s very often used now instead of Humanities Computing"

Evidence Source

this move to DH, this term that’s very often used now instead of Humanities Computing
Tito Orlandi Interviewee | Utterance #30 | 1 Extractions
digital CONCEPT
electronic CONCEPT
Surface Form: "“digital” is not necessarily “electronic”, absolutely not"

Evidence Source

And “digital” is not necessarily “electronic”, absolutely not
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #31 | 0 Extractions

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Tito Orlandi Interviewee | Utterance #32 | 1 Extractions
Elizabeth Eisenstein PERSON
printing revolution CONCEPT
Surface Form: "what Elizabeth Eisenstein (1980) calls the printing revolution"

Evidence Source

It is a revolution like what Elizabeth Eisenstein (1980) calls the printing revolution
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #33 | 0 Extractions

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Tito Orlandi Interviewee | Utterance #34 | 0 Extractions

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Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #35 | 0 Extractions

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Tito Orlandi Interviewee | Utterance #36 | 7 Extractions
Antonio Zampolli PERSON
Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "He was in Pisa at the Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale (Institute of Computational Linguistics) of the CNR"

Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale INSTITUTION
CNR ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "of the CNR"

Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale INSTITUTION
Pisa CITY
Surface Form: "in Pisa"

Evidence Source

He was in Pisa at the Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale (Institute of Computational Linguistics) of the CNR
Jean-Claude Gardin PERSON
possibilities of computing CONCEPT
Surface Form: "He was reflecting on the possibilities of computing in the 1950s"

Evidence Source

He was reflecting on the possibilities of computing in the 1950s, but nobody knew
Willard McCarty PERSON
Canada COUNTRY
Surface Form: "when he worked in Canada still"

Evidence Source

I met Willard McCarty here in Rome, at a meeting organised by the Canadian Embassy when he worked in Canada still
Jean-Claude Gardin PERSON
Humanities Computing FIELD
Surface Form: "he really is at the source of Humanities Computing"

Evidence Source

I must say that Gardin is an exceptional case because he really is at the source of Humanities Computing
Manfred Thaller PERSON
Germany COUNTRY
Surface Form: "In Germany I met Manfred Thaller"

Evidence Source

In Germany I met Manfred Thaller (see Chap. 13)
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #37 | 0 Extractions

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Tito Orlandi Interviewee | Utterance #38 | 2 Extractions
Manfred Thaller PERSON
collection of reproductions of manuscripts in Cologne PROJECT
Surface Form: "He produced the collection of reproductions of manuscripts in Cologne"

Evidence Source

He produced the collection of reproductions of manuscripts in Cologne, which is wonderful
collection of reproductions of manuscripts in Cologne PROJECT
Cologne CITY
Surface Form: "manuscripts in Cologne"

Evidence Source

the collection of reproductions of manuscripts in Cologne
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #39 | 0 Extractions

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Tito Orlandi Interviewee | Utterance #40 | 8 Extractions
Noam Chomsky PERSON
computing principles and languages CONCEPT
Surface Form: "a good example of the real interaction between computing principles and languages"

Evidence Source

Chomsky (who, on the other hand, is a good example of the real interaction between computing principles and languages
Geoffrey Sampson PERSON
British National Corpus PROJECT
Surface Form: "Geoffrey Sampson and the British National Corpus"

Evidence Source

Geoffrey Sampson and the British National CorpusFootnote5 and a lot of those enterprises are important too
Geoffrey Sampson PERSON
Sampson 2015 book about alphabets PUBLICATION
Surface Form: "Sampson has written a wonderful book about alphabets (Sampson 2015)"

Evidence Source

Sampson has written a wonderful book about alphabets (Sampson 2015)
British National Corpus PROJECT
Geoffrey Sampson PERSON
Surface Form: "one who creates the British National Corpus"

Evidence Source

Sampson has written a wonderful book about alphabets (Sampson 2015), strange for one who creates the British National Corpus, you see
experiments in artificial translation PROJECT
linguistic theory FIELD
Surface Form: "The advancements in linguistic theory that emerged from the unfortunate experiments in artificial translation are very important"

Evidence Source

The advancements in linguistic theory that emerged from the unfortunate experiments in artificial translation are very important
Geoffrey Sampson PERSON
Sampson 2005 polemic against Chomsky PUBLICATION
Surface Form: "the polemic (Sampson 2005) he wrote against Chomsky"

Evidence Source

The first is syntactical linguistics and the polemic (Sampson 2005) he wrote against Chomsky
Oxford Text Archive PROJECT
Google ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "The Oxford Text ArchiveFootnote4 is a wonderful thing and, then, after that, came Google"

Evidence Source

The Oxford Text ArchiveFootnote4 is a wonderful thing and, then, after that, came Google
encoding principles CONCEPT
alphabet theory CONCEPT
Surface Form: "encoding principles, which is joined to alphabet theory"

Evidence Source

The second is encoding principles, which is joined to alphabet theory
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #41 | 0 Extractions

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Tito Orlandi Interviewee | Utterance #42 | 1 Extractions
European community ORGANISATION
infrastructures for many domains CONCEPT
Surface Form: "The European community recommends the building of infrastructures for many domains"

Evidence Source

You know, the trend now is infrastructures. The European community recommends the building of infrastructures for many domains
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #43 | 0 Extractions

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Tito Orlandi Interviewee | Utterance #44 | 1 Extractions
Oxford Patristic Conference EVENT
a meeting room PLACE
Surface Form: "when the Oxford Patristic ConferenceFootnote6 started it was not as huge as it is now, it was just held in a meeting room"

Evidence Source

when the Oxford Patristic ConferenceFootnote6 started it was not as huge as it is now, it was just held in a meeting room
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #45 | 0 Extractions

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Tito Orlandi Interviewee | Utterance #46 | 0 Extractions

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Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #1 | 0 Extractions

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Willard McCarty Interviewee | Utterance #2 | 12 Extractions
Willard McCarty PERSON
IBM 7094 assembly language TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "working in"

Willard McCarty PERSON
CDC 6600 TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "wrote assembly language programs for this computer"

CDC 6600 TECHNOLOGY
more than one program simultaneously CONCEPT
Surface Form: "ran more than one program simultaneously"

Evidence Source

From being a computer operator, then I got a job as a computer programmer, working in IBM assembly language — IBM 7094 assembly language — and then when the first computer that they had, which ran more than one program simultaneously — the CDC 6600 — came in, I wrote assembly language programs for this computer, which marked quite a change in my relationship with computers.
Willard McCarty PERSON
IBM 7094 TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "computer operator of"

Willard McCarty PERSON
IBM 704 TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "worked with an"

Evidence Source

I eventually — the story is long and complex, and pretty much boring — I eventually got a job, first as a computer operator of IBM's 7094 and worked with an IBM 704, which was a drum-based machine that had 6000 valves in it.
Willard McCarty PERSON
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "got a job in"

Lawrence Radiation Laboratory INSTITUTION
Berkeley CITY
Surface Form: "in Berkeley"

Willard McCarty PERSON
UC Berkeley INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "second year of university at"

Evidence Source

It was at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory in Berkeley where I got a job in my second year of university at UC Berkeley.
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory INSTITUTION
Federal Government ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "had an intimate connection with"

Lawrence Radiation Laboratory INSTITUTION
bomb-making counterparts in Livermore ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "had an intimate connection with"

Lawrence Radiation Laboratory INSTITUTION
computer manufacturers ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "had a direct line to"

Evidence Source

So, the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, because they had an intimate connection with the Federal Government and with their bomb-making counterparts in Livermore, had a direct line to computer manufacturers.
Willard McCarty PERSON
early 1960s TIME_SPAN
Surface Form: "in Berkeley in the early 1960s"

Evidence Source

That was in Berkeley in the early 1960s.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #3 | 0 Extractions

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Willard McCarty Interviewee | Utterance #4 | 4 Extractions
Willard McCarty PERSON
Reed College INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "transferred to"

Willard McCarty PERSON
IBM 1401 TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "worked on an"

Evidence Source

and then English eventually, which is when I transferred to Reed College, where I worked on an IBM 1401, which is what they had in their so-called computer centre.
experimental programme in relativistic physics PROGRAMME
Harvard INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "devised by"

experimental programme in relativistic physics PROGRAMME
Berkeley INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "devised by"

Evidence Source

second year physics, which was an experimental programme in relativistic physics devised by Harvard and Berkeley and taught for the first time that year
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #5 | 0 Extractions

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Willard McCarty Interviewee | Utterance #6 | 4 Extractions
Bill Gates (West Coast programmer) PERSON
physics FIELD
Surface Form: "had been a physics student"

Bill Gates (West Coast programmer) PERSON
computer programmer ROLE
Surface Form: "worked as a computer programmer"

Evidence Source

a whiz kid who had been a physics student and fell in love with computers and thereafter just worked as a computer programmer
Willard McCarty PERSON
Bill Gates (West Coast programmer) PERSON
Surface Form: "was apprenticed to"

Evidence Source

At one point I was apprenticed to a young whiz kid, well I was young too then, I guess, but a whiz kid who had been a physics student and fell in love with computers and thereafter just worked as a computer programmer, his name was, oddly enough, Bill Gates, though not the Bill Gates.
Bill Gates (West Coast programmer) PERSON
CDC 6600 TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "re-wrote the operating system of"

Evidence Source

He was a legend among computer people of the West Coast — he and another guy re-wrote the operating system of the CDC 6600, for example, they were quite amazing.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #7 | 0 Extractions

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Willard McCarty Interviewee | Utterance #8 | 1 Extractions
Willard McCarty PERSON
Fortran TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "used to do all sorts of very clever things with"

Evidence Source

Fortran was actually quite a good language by then and we used to do all sorts of very clever things with Fortran, including crashing the machine periodically.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #9 | 0 Extractions

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Willard McCarty Interviewee | Utterance #10 | 23 Extractions
Centre for Computing in the Humanities at Toronto INSTITUTION
Toronto CITY
Surface Form: "at Toronto"

Evidence Source

a computing centre for the humanities — it was called Centre for Computing in the Humanities at Toronto —
Willard McCarty PERSON
Ian Lancashire PERSON
Surface Form: "as a programmer for"

Willard McCarty PERSON
DECsystem-10 TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "working on a DECsystem-10"

Evidence Source

as a programmer for Ian Lancashire, basically working for him, although later on for other people in the project and working on a DECsystem-10, with an acoustic coupler modem, 300-baud acoustic coupler modem, programming various things for a compilation that he was putting together on English dramatic records.
Willard McCarty PERSON
Ovid's Metamorphoses WORK
Surface Form: "working on Ovid's Metamorphoses"

Evidence Source

because I had been, by this time, working on Ovid's Metamorphoses, since there were no jobs in English, I thought I'd do what I wanted, which was to work on the Metamorphoses.
Ovid's Metamorphoses WORK
12000 lines of Latin poetry CONCEPT
Surface Form: "12000 lines of Latin poetry"

Evidence Source

because it was a very large project — 12000 lines of Latin poetry — there's a lot of stuff in those 12000 lines.
Willard McCarty PERSON
University of Toronto INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "ended up at"

Willard McCarty PERSON
17th century non-dramatic poetry FIELD
Surface Form: "to do a PhD in 17th century non-dramatic poetry"

Evidence Source

but I ended up at the University of Toronto to do a PhD in 17th century non-dramatic poetry.
Willard McCarty PERSON
King's INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "got the job at King's"

Willard McCarty PERSON
1984 to 1996 TIME_SPAN
Surface Form: "during that period from 1984 to 1996"

Evidence Source

But it was during that period from 1984 to 1996, when I got the job at King's, that I was in a position not only to be involved with research as we think of it and so to try ideas out, but also to talk to people who were doing all kinds of different research
Ian Lancashire PERSON
Centre for Computing in the Humanities at Toronto INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "formed a computing centre for the humanities"

Evidence Source

but not explicitly until Ian formed a computing centre for the humanities — it was called Centre for Computing in the Humanities at Toronto —
Willard McCarty PERSON
30,000 Canadian dollars FUNDING_AMOUNT
Surface Form: "I applied and I got it — 30,000 Canadian dollars"

Evidence Source

But Russ convinced me I could apply for money so I applied and I got it — 30,000 Canadian dollars — it seemed like a fortune to me.
Willard McCarty PERSON
'84 TIME
Surface Form: "Got my PhD in '84"

Willard McCarty PERSON
'85 TIME
Surface Form: "went to work in '85"

Evidence Source

Got my PhD in '84, went to work in '85.
Willard McCarty PERSON
Records of Early English Drama project PROJECT
Surface Form: "got a job with"

Records of Early English Drama project PROJECT
King's INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "with which we at King's have now an intimate association"

Evidence Source

I got a job with the Records of Early English Drama project, which is still going and with which we at King's have now an intimate association, oddly enough, as a programmer for Ian Lancashire, basically working for him, although later on for other people in the project and working on a DECsystem-10, with an acoustic coupler modem, 300-baud acoustic coupler modem, programming various things for a compilation that he was putting together on English dramatic records.
Willard McCarty PERSON
young Classicist from Kentucky PERSON
Surface Form: "I hired a young Classicist from Kentucky"

Evidence Source

I hired a young Classicist from Kentucky, very much an American southerner, who's Latin was very good and who thought very differently than I did.
Willard McCarty PERSON
Centre for Computing in the Humanities at Toronto INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "was working for the computing centre itself"

micro-computer support group DEPARTMENT
Centre for Computing in the Humanities at Toronto INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "in the micro-computer support group"

micro-computer support group DEPARTMENT
Humanities FIELD
Surface Form: "mostly dealt with people in the Humanities"

Evidence Source

I then was working for the computing centre itself, in the micro-computer support group, which mostly dealt with people in the Humanities, so again implicitly digital humanities but hardware-focused — Osbornes and Apple 2s, that sort of thing.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities at Toronto INSTITUTION
humanities FIELD
Surface Form: "was a service centre for the humanities"

Evidence Source

It was a service centre for the humanities, which is where the academic legitimacy came from.
Willard McCarty PERSON
coding system for Ovid's Metamorphoses TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "I invented my own coding system"

coding system for Ovid's Metamorphoses TECHNOLOGY
TEI STANDARD
Surface Form: "long before TEI"

Evidence Source

So, I was adding codes, and this was this long before TEI, so I invented my own coding system, like everybody else did, but I made sure that it was rigorously consistent so that it could be algorithmically translated into any other coding system.
Russ Wooldridge PERSON
French Department DEPARTMENT
Surface Form: "in the French Department"

Evidence Source

So, Russ Wooldridge, a lexicographer in the French Department convinced me I could apply for money
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #11 | 0 Extractions

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Willard McCarty Interviewee | Utterance #12 | 2 Extractions
IBM employees GROUP
light blue shirts CONCEPT
Surface Form: "could wear light blue shirts instead of white shirts"

Evidence Source

after then all IBM employees could wear light blue shirts instead of white shirts.
IBM employees GROUP
white shirts CONCEPT
Surface Form: "had to wear white shirts"

Evidence Source

Until Thomas J Watson Jr, I think, had to appear on colour television all IBM employees had to wear white shirts
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #13 | 0 Extractions

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Willard McCarty Interviewee | Utterance #14 | 3 Extractions
IBM ORGANISATION
Humanities FIELD
Surface Form: "had been pouring money into the Humanities since the early 1960s"

Evidence Source

IBM, which had been pouring money into the Humanities since the early 1960s, IBM was very forward thinking, very forward-looking in developing a field that was manifestly not going to do very much of commercial interest but they had lots of money, they were on top of the world, they poured lots of money into the Humanities.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities at Toronto INSTITUTION
300,000 Canadian dollars a year FUNDING_AMOUNT
Surface Form: "300,000 Canadian dollars a year budget for this little centre"

University of Toronto INSTITUTION
Centre for Computing in the Humanities at Toronto INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "300,000 Canadian dollars a year budget for this little centre"

Evidence Source

So, the University of Toronto was awash with money, in the 1980s, 300,000 Canadian dollars a year budget for this little centre, which was quite a bit of money then.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #15 | 0 Extractions

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Willard McCarty Interviewee | Utterance #16 | 2 Extractions
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada ORGANISATION
digital humanities in Canada FIELD
Surface Form: "has done a great deal for the digital humanities in Canada"

Evidence Source

At that time, and subsequently I think, it has done a great deal for the digital humanities in Canada.
Ovid Metamorphoses project PROJECT
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada"

Evidence Source

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #17 | 0 Extractions

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Willard McCarty Interviewee | Utterance #18 | 6 Extractions
Steven Parish PERSON
CP Snow's lecture in 1959 in Cambridge EVENT
Surface Form: "he went to CP Snow's lecture in 1959 in Cambridge"

CP Snow's two cultures lecture EVENT
1959 TIME
Surface Form: "in 1959"

CP Snow's two cultures lecture EVENT
Cambridge CITY
Surface Form: "in Cambridge"

Evidence Source

He says in there that he went to CP Snow's lecture in 1959 in Cambridge, the famous two cultures lecture,
Cold War TIME_SPAN
beginning of computing in the humanities and up to the release of the web in '91 TIME_SPAN
Surface Form: "overlaps, very neatly, the beginning of computing in the humanities and up to the release of the web in '91"

Evidence Source

the period of the Cold War, which overlaps, very neatly, the beginning of computing in the humanities and up to the release of the web in '91.
Literary Data Processing Conference CONFERENCE
IBM ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "sponsored by IBM in 1964"

Literary Data Processing Conference CONFERENCE
1964 TIME
Surface Form: "in 1964"

Evidence Source

When Steven Parish gave his summary account of the first conference in our field, sponsored by IBM in 1964, the Literary Data Processing Conference, you have the proceedings of that, I think.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #19 | 0 Extractions

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Willard McCarty Interviewee | Utterance #20 | 0 Extractions

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Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #21 | 0 Extractions

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Willard McCarty Interviewee | Utterance #22 | 0 Extractions

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Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #23 | 0 Extractions

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Willard McCarty Interviewee | Utterance #24 | 5 Extractions
conference organised by Iacob Choueka in Jerusalem CONFERENCE
Iacob Choueka PERSON
Surface Form: "organised by Iacob Choueka in Jerusalem"

Evidence Source

and the conference organised by Iacob Choueka in Jerusalem, the year after, I think.
International Conference for Computers in the Humanities CONFERENCE
Columbia, South Carolina CITY
Surface Form: "in Columbia, South Caroline"

International Conference for Computers in the Humanities CONFERENCE
Bob Oakman PERSON
Surface Form: "Bob Oakman's conference"

Bob Oakman PERSON
Professor of English and Computer Science ROLE
Surface Form: "Professor of English and Computer Science"

Evidence Source

The International Conference for Computers in the Humanities in Columbia, South Caroline, Bob Oakman's conference, Professor of English and Computer Science,
Humanist PROJECT
meeting at International Conference for Computers in the Humanities EVENT
Surface Form: "the conference at which the meeting was formed out of which Humanist came"

Evidence Source

which is the conference at which the meeting was formed out of which Humanist came
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #25 | 0 Extractions

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Willard McCarty Interviewee | Utterance #26 | 3 Extractions
Lloyd Reynolds PERSON
Willard McCarty PERSON
Surface Form: "my calligraphy teacher Lloyd Reynolds, who taught me respect for craftsmanship"

Evidence Source

and earlier than that, my calligraphy teacher Lloyd Reynolds, who taught me respect for craftsmanship, which has influenced me in all sorts of ways.
Northrop Frye PERSON
Willard McCarty PERSON
Surface Form: "the man I went to study with in Toronto"

Evidence Source

But on the non-computing side, Northrop Frye above all, I suppose, the man I went to study with in Toronto, my actual doctoral supervisor Jim Carscallan,
Jim Carscallan PERSON
Willard McCarty PERSON
Surface Form: "my actual doctoral supervisor"

Evidence Source

the man I went to study with in Toronto, my actual doctoral supervisor Jim Carscallan,
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #27 | 0 Extractions

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Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #1 | 0 Extractions

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Gabriel Egan Interviewee | Utterance #2 | 10 Extractions
Gabriel Egan PERSON
computer applications for literary texts FIELD
Surface Form: "was interested in computer applications for the work I was doing on literary texts"

Evidence Source

But for all that time I was interested in computer applications for the work I was doing on literary texts.
TOPS (Training Opportunities Scheme) PROGRAMME
young people in the early 1980s GROUP
Surface Form: "was a way of getting commercial training for young people in the early 1980s"

Evidence Source

I left school at 16 and did a TOPS (Training Opportunities Scheme) training course, which was a way of getting commercial training for young people in the early 1980s.
Gabriel Egan PERSON
TOPS course in Computer Operating TRAINING_COURSE
Surface Form: "took a TOPS course in Computer Operating"

Evidence Source

I took a TOPS course in Computer Operating, so I ended up at the age of 17 as a Mainframe Computer Operator
Gabriel Egan PERSON
handbook for the Acorn System 1 micro-processor kit DOCUMENT
Surface Form: "learnt assembly language programing from the handbook that came with this little £80 kit"

Evidence Source

I wanted to do the programming and I learnt assembly language programing from the handbook that came with this little £80 kit.
Gabriel Egan PERSON
Mainframe Computer Operator (1982–1988) OCCUPATION
Surface Form: "worked as a Mainframe Computer Operator from 1982 to 1988"

Evidence Source

So I worked as a Mainframe Computer Operator from 1982 to 1988
Gabriel Egan PERSON
Computer Science O-level COURSE
Surface Form: "took Computer Science"

Evidence Source

The first actual hands-on encounter was when I took Computer Science, as it used to be, when there were still O-levelsFootnote1 in the late 1970s.
Gabriel Egan PERSON
Sinclair Spectrum TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "having a Sinclair Spectrum"

Gabriel Egan PERSON
Commodore 64 computer TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "having a Sinclair Spectrum and Commodore 64 computer"

Evidence Source

Then I went through the usual 1980s route of having a Sinclair Spectrum and Commodore 64 computer.
Gabriel Egan PERSON
Teletype machine with an acoustic coupler and a modem TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "had a Teletype machine with an acoustic coupler and a modem"

Evidence Source

We had a Teletype machine with an acoustic coupler and a modem.
Teletype machine with an acoustic coupler and a modem TECHNOLOGY
mainframe at the local polytechnic TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "connected the Teletype to the mainframe"

Evidence Source

you put the handset into this fur-lined box, which connected the Teletype to the mainframe.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #3 | 0 Extractions

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Gabriel Egan Interviewee | Utterance #4 | 0 Extractions

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Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #7 | 0 Extractions

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Gabriel Egan Interviewee | Utterance #8 | 4 Extractions
Gabriel Egan PERSON
BA in English Literature QUALIFICATION
Surface Form: "did a BA in English Literature"

Evidence Source

did a BA in English Literature
Gabriel Egan PERSON
MA in Shakespeare Studies QUALIFICATION
Surface Form: "an MA in Shakespeare Studies"

Gabriel Egan PERSON
PhD in Shakespeare Studies QUALIFICATION
Surface Form: "a PhD in Shakespeare Studies"

Evidence Source

did a BA in English Literature and an MA in Shakespeare Studies and a PhD in Shakespeare Studies.
Gabriel Egan PERSON
A-levels in English Literature and History QUALIFICATION
Surface Form: "got my A-levels in English Literature and History"

Evidence Source

so at 23 I went back and got my A-levels in English Literature and History
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #9 | 0 Extractions

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Gabriel Egan Interviewee | Utterance #10 | 2 Extractions
Gabriel Egan PERSON
Sinclair Z88 portable computer TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "I had a thing called a Sinclair Z88"

Evidence Source

I had a thing called a Sinclair Z88.
Gabriel Egan PERSON
BA studies QUALIFICATION
Surface Form: "did my BA entirely on a computer"

Evidence Source

So I very quickly got computerized I mean I did my BA entirely on a computer.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #11 | 0 Extractions

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Gabriel Egan Interviewee | Utterance #12 | 3 Extractions
Gabriel Egan PERSON
university examinations for his BA EVENT
Surface Form: "I asked if in future I could do my exam on a computer because of this disability. The university agreed"

Evidence Source

I had done very well in my essays but I did very poorly in the 3 hour exam and I asked if in future I could do my exam on a computer because of this disability. The university agreed and my grades shot up.
Gabriel Egan PERSON
book historian ROLE
Surface Form: "I say that as a book historian"

Evidence Source

I think I’ve had a phobia against paper right from the start. It’s a diabolically bad medium for storing human knowledge in my view and I say that as a book historian.
Gabriel Egan PERSON
several thousand books owned by Gabriel Egan BOOK_COLLECTION
Surface Form: "digitised all of my several thousand books and destroyed them in the process"

Evidence Source

So I digitised all of my several thousand books and destroyed them in the process, but that was okay.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #13 | 0 Extractions

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Gabriel Egan Interviewee | Utterance #14 | 2 Extractions
Gabriel Egan PERSON
local printing shop with an electrically powered guillotine ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "I found a local printing shop that had an electrically powered guillotine and they would machine the spines off for me for 50p a go"

Evidence Source

But for doing the 3000 books I found a local printing shop that had an electrically powered guillotine and they would machine the spines off for me for 50p a go.
Gabriel Egan PERSON
books converted to bundles of loose leaves and scanned BOOK_COLLECTION
Surface Form: "cut the spine off so you got a bundle of loose leaves and then put them through a sheet feeding scanner"

Evidence Source

Yeah, the fast way to do it is to cut the spine off so you got a bundle of loose leaves and then put them through a sheet feeding scanner.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #15 | 0 Extractions

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Gabriel Egan Interviewee | Utterance #16 | 4 Extractions
Stanley Wells PERSON
Norton facsimile of the First Folio of Shakespeare (Hinman 1968) BOOK
Surface Form: "he used when he was making the Oxford Shakespeare edition of 1986"

Evidence Source

It was the one he used when he was making the Oxford Shakespeare edition of 1986
Stanley Wells PERSON
Gabriel Egan PERSON
Surface Form: "my PhD supervisor, Stanley Wells"

Evidence Source

Its only 1968 but the copy I’ve got I was given by my PhD supervisor, Stanley Wells.
Oxford Shakespeare edition of 1986 EDITION
1986 TIME
Surface Form: "edition of 1986"

Evidence Source

the Oxford Shakespeare edition of 1986
Stanley Wells PERSON
Oxford Shakespeare edition of 1986 EDITION
Surface Form: "he was the main Editor"

Evidence Source

which was a big-deal edition (he was the main Editor; see Wells et al. 1986).
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #17 | 0 Extractions

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Gabriel Egan Interviewee | Utterance #18 | 1 Extractions
Gabriel Egan PERSON
printing on a sixteenth century hand press PRACTICE
Surface Form: "teach students how to print on a sixteenth century hand press"

Evidence Source

And I say this as I actually teach students how to print on a sixteenth century hand press.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #19 | 0 Extractions

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Gabriel Egan Interviewee | Utterance #20 | 0 Extractions

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Gabriel Egan Interviewee | Utterance #22 | 4 Extractions
Gabriel Egan PERSON
Stratford-Upon-Avon PLACE
Surface Form: "doing my Master’s degree in Stratford-Upon-Avon"

Evidence Source

I had a friend called Peter White when I was doing my Master’s degree in Stratford-Upon-Avon.
Oxford English Dictionary (OED) DIGITAL_RESOURCE
1989 TIME
Surface Form: "in 1989 the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) was published for the first time on CD-ROM"

Evidence Source

my fellow students didn’t know that in 1989 the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) was published for the first time on CD-ROM, so you could search for words by their meaning, which is the first time you could ever do that.
Peter White PERSON
ProQuest COMPANY
Surface Form: "went on to be ProQuest’s person in charge of EEBO"

Peter White PERSON
Early English Books Online (EEBO) DIGITAL_RESOURCE
Surface Form: "went on to be ProQuest’s person in charge of EEBO (Early English Books online)"

Evidence Source

The irony is actually Peter then went on to be ProQuest’s person in charge of EEBO (Early English Books online).Footnote4
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #23 | 0 Extractions

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Gabriel Egan Interviewee | Utterance #24 | 2 Extractions
Gabriel Egan’s wife PERSON
Queen’s University Belfast UNIVERSITY
Surface Form: "doing her undergraduate degree in English at Queen’s University Belfast"

Evidence Source

She said that when she was doing her undergraduate degree in English at Queen’s University Belfast
Gabriel Egan’s wife PERSON
use of computers in Literary Studies FIELD
Surface Form: "has herself become an academic expert in the use of computers in Literary Studies"

Evidence Source

Since then she has herself become an academic expert in the use of computers in Literary Studies and finds others’ Ludditism as annoying as I do.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #25 | 0 Extractions

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Gabriel Egan Interviewee | Utterance #26 | 2 Extractions
Gabriel Egan PERSON
machine code PROGRAMMING_LANGUAGE
Surface Form: "I learnt, as I say, machine code programming"

Evidence Source

Although, I learnt, as I say, machine code programming, which was 0s and 1s, although the short cut was you didn’t have to put in 0s and 1s, you’d use hexadecimals (base 16)
Gabriel Egan PERSON
his notes and intellectual work INFORMATION_COLLECTION
Surface Form: "the point of computerizing everything was that everything I’d ever thought was recoverable by me"

Evidence Source

So the point of computerizing everything was that everything I’d ever thought was recoverable by me.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #27 | 0 Extractions

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Gabriel Egan Interviewee | Utterance #28 | 1 Extractions
Senate House INSTITUTION
Malet Street, London PLACE
Surface Form: "Senate House, in Malet Street, in London"

Evidence Source

I remember, when I was an undergraduate, I often used to go to Senate House, in Malet Street, in London, to use the library.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #29 | 0 Extractions

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Gabriel Egan Interviewee | Utterance #30 | 0 Extractions

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Gabriel Egan Interviewee | Utterance #32 | 1 Extractions
Gabriel Egan PERSON
university library LIBRARY
Surface Form: "I took training courses in the library, as a student"

Evidence Source

And I did actually, there were actually things I needed to learn about. I took training courses in the library, as a student, so that did happen.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #33 | 0 Extractions

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Gabriel Egan Interviewee | Utterance #34 | 1 Extractions
Modern Languages Association International Bibliography (MLA IB) BIBLIOGRAPHIC_DATABASE
digital form of MLA International Bibliography DIGITAL_RESOURCE
Surface Form: "is available digitally"

Evidence Source

I know the MLA IB is available digitally, how can I get to it
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #35 | 0 Extractions

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Gabriel Egan Interviewee | Utterance #36 | 1 Extractions
Gabriel Egan PERSON
lone scholar model RESEARCH_MODE
Surface Form: "I’m still largely in the lone scholar model"

Evidence Source

I haven’t yet very much encountered that and what I mean by that is, I’m still largely in the lone scholar model.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #37 | 0 Extractions

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Gabriel Egan Interviewee | Utterance #38 | 0 Extractions

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Gabriel Egan Interviewee | Utterance #40 | 5 Extractions
Gabriel Egan PERSON
AHRC FUNDING_BODY
Surface Form: "I advise the AHRC on how to evaluate the attempts to do certain things"

Evidence Source

I advise the AHRC on how to evaluate the attempts to do certain things.
Gabriel Egan PERSON
Centre for Textual Studies website WEBSITE
Surface Form: "on the university website that I run at De Monfort University, which is the Centre for Textual Studies"

Evidence Source

In fact, on the university website that I run at De Monfort University, which is the Centre for Textual Studies,Footnote5 I describe myself as a ‘would-be Digital Humanist’.
Gabriel Egan PERSON
various libraries LIBRARY
Surface Form: "I’ve advised various libraries on their digitisation projects"

Evidence Source

I‘ve advised groups, I’ve advised various libraries on their digitisation projects
Centre for Textual Studies RESEARCH_CENTRE
De Monfort University UNIVERSITY
Surface Form: "at De Monfort University"

Evidence Source

on the university website that I run at De Monfort University, which is the Centre for Textual Studies
Gabriel Egan PERSON
committees related to Early English Books Online (EEBO) COMMITTEE
Surface Form: "I ended up on a few committees"

Evidence Source

Once EEBO became widely established across universities, I sort of made myself available to them and asked, if they were having events, would they be interested in having someone who is a very heavy user of the resource So, I ended up on a few committees, that’s been my way in.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #41 | 0 Extractions

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Gabriel Egan Interviewee | Utterance #42 | 4 Extractions
Centre for Textual Studies RESEARCH_CENTRE
new editions of authors such as Chaucer and Virginia Woolf PROJECT_TYPE
Surface Form: "its main work in the past has been making stuff “let’s make an edition of Chaucer, of Virginia Woolfe’s so and so”"

Evidence Source

I’ve taken over the centre after about 10 years of its existence and its main work in the past has been making stuff “let’s make an edition of Chaucer, of Virginia Woolfe’s so and so”.
Ray Siemens PERSON
1997 TIME
Surface Form: "Ray finished his PhD in 1997"

Gabriel Egan PERSON
1997 TIME
Surface Form: "Ray finished his PhD in 1997, same as me"

Evidence Source

Ray finished his PhD in 1997, same as me.
Gabriel Egan PERSON
Centre for Textual Studies at De Montfort University RESEARCH_CENTRE
Surface Form: "I’m Director of the Centre for Textual Studies at De Montfort University"

Evidence Source

That’s interesting because it bares directly on my work at the moment, I’m Director of the Centre for Textual Studies at De Montfort University.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #43 | 0 Extractions

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Gabriel Egan Interviewee | Utterance #44 | 4 Extractions
TEI-encoded editions DIGITAL_TEXT_CORPUS
answering research questions RESEARCH_ACTIVITY
Surface Form: "how many projects do you know out there who really used those TEI-encoded editions to answer a research question"

Evidence Source

I mean, the TEI is wonderful as it is, yet how many projects do you know out there who really used those TEI-encoded editions to answer a research question
Gabriel Egan PERSON
2000 TIME
Surface Form: "I started there in 2000"

Evidence Source

I started there in 2000 and I thought is that actually true
Gabriel Egan PERSON
Globe Theatre in London THEATRE
Surface Form: "used to work at the Globe Theatre in London"

Evidence Source

Let me give you an example of that when I used to work at the Globe Theatre in London.
Gabriel Egan PERSON
Literature Online DIGITAL_RESOURCE
Surface Form: "using Literature Online"

Evidence Source

So I went counting, just using Literature Online actually.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #45 | 0 Extractions

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Gabriel Egan Interviewee | Utterance #46 | 4 Extractions
Oxford Text Archive DIGITAL_RESOURCE
Ben Jonson’s play Bartholomew Fair PLAY
Surface Form: "the Oxford Text Archive had a copy"

Evidence Source

I found that the Oxford Text ArchiveFootnote8 had a copy, but I had to ask the person who was curating the copy if I could have it.
Gabriel Egan PERSON
JISC e-books project PROGRAMME
Surface Form: "I was on the JISC e-books project"

Evidence Source

I was on the JISC e-books project.Footnote7
Gabriel Egan PERSON
Loughborough University UNIVERSITY
Surface Form: "I got a job at Loughborough University"

Evidence Source

I’ve been a Shakespeare Scholar, I worked at the Globe theatre, and I got a job at Loughborough University.
JISC E-Books working group WORKING_GROUP
Gabriel Egan PERSON
Surface Form: "I was, I think, one of only two academics on it"

Evidence Source

When the E-Books working group started I was, I think, one of only two academics on it.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #47 | 0 Extractions

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Gabriel Egan Interviewee | Utterance #48 | 0 Extractions

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Gabriel Egan Interviewee | Utterance #50 | 4 Extractions
Gabriel Egan PERSON
Shakespeare and Textual Studies FIELD
Surface Form: "my main thing, which is Shakespeare and in my case, at the moment, Textual Studies"

Evidence Source

because I’m really, really intent on not getting distracted from my main thing, which is Shakespeare and in my case, at the moment, Textual Studies or what’s been done with the early editions of Shakespeare.
Gabriel Egan PERSON
Shakespeare Association of America meeting CONFERENCE
Surface Form: "I go to the Shakespeare Association of America meeting"

Evidence Source

I go to the Shakespeare Association of America meeting
Gabriel Egan PERSON
big Digital Humanities conference (formerly LLC) CONFERENCE_SERIES
Surface Form: "I’ve actually been reading papers for the big DH conference"

big DH conference CONFERENCE_SERIES
LLC CONFERENCE_SERIES
Surface Form: "before that it was called the LLC"

Evidence Source

I’ve actually been reading papers for the big DH conference and before that it was called the LLC.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #51 | 0 Extractions

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Gabriel Egan Interviewee | Utterance #52 | 1 Extractions
Renaissance Society of America ORGANISATION
digital strand in its conference CONFERENCE_TRACK
Surface Form: "has a digital strand every year"

Evidence Source

The Renaissance Society of America has a digital strand every year.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #53 | 0 Extractions

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Gabriel Egan Interviewee | Utterance #54 | 3 Extractions
The Spanish Tragedy PLAY
revised version of The Spanish Tragedy PLAY_VERSION
Surface Form: "Thomas Kyds’ play the Spanish Tragedy got expanded at some point in its life"

Evidence Source

For example Thomas Kyds’ play the Spanish Tragedy got expanded at some point in its life and the latest thinking is that Shakespeare wrote the editions to that.
William Shakespeare PERSON
revised version of The Spanish Tragedy PLAY_VERSION
Surface Form: "the latest thinking is that Shakespeare wrote the editions to that"

Evidence Source

the latest thinking is that Shakespeare wrote the editions to that.
revised version of The Spanish Tragedy PLAY_VERSION
extra 500 lines QUANTITY
Surface Form: "these extra 500 lines, to make the revised version of the Spanish Tragedy"

Evidence Source

You’ve got these extra 500 lines, to make the revised version of the Spanish Tragedy.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #55 | 0 Extractions

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Gabriel Egan Interviewee | Utterance #56 | 8 Extractions
Matt Steggle PERSON
how Aristotle figures in early modern writing RESEARCH_TOPIC
Surface Form: "did his entire PhD on questions about how Aristotle figures in early modern writing"

Evidence Source

A friend of mine from Sheffield Hallam University called Matt Steggle told me that he did his entire PhD on questions about how Aristotle figures in early modern writing what is said about Aristotle, how do they think about him
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) DIGITAL_RESOURCE
1800 TIME
Surface Form: "with Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO), right up to 1800"

Evidence Source

and then with Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO), right up to 1800.
Early English Books Online (EEBO) DIGITAL_RESOURCE
books published up to the Civil War CORPUS
Surface Form: "have pictures of all the books published up to the Civil War"

Evidence Source

Anybody who works for a university can have pictures of all the books published up to the Civil War
Literature Online DIGITAL_RESOURCE
poetry, prose and plays CORPUS
Surface Form: "give everyone all the poetry, prose and plays and they could search them"

Evidence Source

Before that Literature OnlineFootnote10 was a huge deal. We could essentially give everyone all the poetry, prose and plays and they could search them as well.
Gabriel Egan PERSON
De Montfort University UNIVERSITY
Surface Form: "about to give a lecture at De Montfort on Christopher Marlowe’s poem Hero and Leander"

Evidence Source

I’m about to give a lecture at De Montfort on Christopher Marlowe’s poem Hero and Leander
Christopher Marlowe’s poem Hero and Leander POEM
1598 TIME
Surface Form: "the first edition of 1598"

Evidence Source

I’m about to give a lecture at De Montfort on Christopher Marlowe’s poem Hero and Leander, and I quote in the lecture solely from the first edition of 1598.
Oxford English Dictionary (OED) DIGITAL_RESOURCE
online digital platform FORMAT
Surface Form: "OED, being online and digital"

Evidence Source

OED, being online and digital, was a huge transformation.
Shakespeare Quartos Archive DIGITAL_RESOURCE
early quarto printings of Shakespeare at the British Library, the Bodleian, the Folger in Washington DC, [the National Library of Scotland] and the Huntington Library in California CORPUS
Surface Form: "a digitisation of all the early quarto printings of Shakespeare at the British Library, the Bodleian, the Folger in Washington DC, [the National Library of Scotland] and the Huntington Library in California"

Evidence Source

Shakespeare Quartos Archive,Footnote11 I regret to say, hasn’t made much difference. This is a digitisation of all the early quarto printings of Shakespeare at the British Library, the Bodleian, the Folger in Washington DC, [the National Library of Scotland] and the Huntington Library in California.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #57 | 0 Extractions

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Gabriel Egan Interviewee | Utterance #58 | 5 Extractions
Donald Foster PERSON
Vassar College INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "a guy called Donald Foster at Vassar College"

Evidence Source

a guy called Donald Foster at Vassar College had a new tool he called SHAXICON
Donald Foster PERSON
SHAXICON SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "had a new tool he called SHAXICON"

SHAXICON SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Shakespeare’s writing for authorship attribution CORPUS
Surface Form: "was doing those kind of analysis of Shakespeare’s writing"

Evidence Source

a guy called Donald Foster at Vassar College had a new tool he called SHAXICON, which was doing those kind of analysis of Shakespeare’s writing.
Zotero SOFTWARE
free reference management software SOFTWARE_CATEGORY
Surface Form: "free software, like Zotero"

Evidence Source

Now we have free software, like Zotero, which is great.
Gabriel Egan PERSON
managing a database of research references PRACTICE
Surface Form: "managing a database of your own references is something I teach research students to do"

Evidence Source

The point is, managing a database of your own references is something I teach research students to do.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #59 | 0 Extractions

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Gabriel Egan Interviewee | Utterance #60 | 3 Extractions
topographical glass INSTRUMENT
surveyor’s instrument INSTRUMENT
Surface Form: "a topographical glass, a sort of surveyor’s instrument"

Evidence Source

He reconstructed the entire construction of this picture with a thing called a topographical glass, a sort of surveyor’s instrument.
John Orrell PERSON
contemporary picture of the Globe Theatre IMAGE
Surface Form: "one of the great books that was part of that project was by John Orrell (1983), in which he analysed a contemporary picture of the Globe"

Evidence Source

One of the great books that was part of that project was by John Orrell (1983), in which he analysed a contemporary picture of the Globe.
Gabriel Egan PERSON
Globe Theatre reconstruction in London in the mid-1990s PROJECT
Surface Form: "was working on attempts to reconstruct the Globe Theatre, including the one that was being built in London in the mid-1990s"

Evidence Source

When I was doing my PhD, I was working on attempts to reconstruct the Globe Theatre, including the one that was being built in London in the mid-1990s.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #61 | 0 Extractions

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Judy Malloy Interviewee | Utterance #2 | 6 Extractions
Henriette D. Avram PERSON
Library of Congress INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "hired"

Evidence Source

It was a year later that they hired Henriette D. Avram to come and begin computerising the library
Judy Malloy PERSON
Library of Congress INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "worked as a searcher/editor for"

Judy Malloy PERSON
Union Catalog PROJECT
Surface Form: "worked as a searcher/editor for"

Evidence Source

My first job, after I graduated with a degree in English with a minor concentration in Art, was at the Library of Congress in Washington DC, where I worked as a searcher/editor for the Union Catalog.
Library of Congress INSTITUTION
Washington DC CITY
Surface Form: "in"

Evidence Source

the Library of Congress in Washington DC
Henriette D. Avram PERSON
library computerisation PROJECT
Surface Form: "begin computerising"

Evidence Source

they hired Henriette D. Avram to come and begin computerising the library
Union Catalog PROJECT
Library of Congress INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "includes every book that it holds"

Evidence Source

Union Catalog is the Library of Congress' huge catalog that includes every book that it holds.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #3 | 0 Extractions

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Judy Malloy Interviewee | Utterance #4 | 5 Extractions
Judy Malloy PERSON
J. Walter Thompson Company ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "went to work for"

Evidence Source

I went to work for, I think it was, the J. Walter Thompson Company
Judy Malloy PERSON
1967 TIME
Surface Form: "It was around"

Evidence Source

I went to work for, I think it was, the J. Walter Thompson Company ... It was around 1967
J. Walter Thompson Company ORGANISATION
Goddard Space Flight Center INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "had a contract with"

Evidence Source

J. Walter Thompson Company, who had a contract with the Goddard Space Flight Center.
Judy Malloy PERSON
Goddard Space Flight Center library collection PROJECT
Surface Form: "catalog the documents and books"

Evidence Source

My job there was to catalog the documents and books that were in their collection
Goddard Space Flight Center INSTITUTION
library computerisation PROJECT
Surface Form: "computerising"

Evidence Source

the Goddard Space Flight Center was computerising their library.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #5 | 0 Extractions

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Judy Malloy Interviewee | Utterance #6 | 14 Extractions
Judy Malloy PERSON
Ball Brothers Research Corporation ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "head of a large technical library for"

Evidence Source

all of a sudden I was the head of a large technical library for a big aerospace company.
Ball Brothers Research Corporation ORGANISATION
Ball Aerospace ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "also known as"

Evidence Source

Ball Brothers Research Corporation (BBRC; now called Ball Aerospace)
Judy Malloy PERSON
FORTRAN TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "programme in"

Evidence Source

Essentially I was working with a computer that I had to programme in FORTRAN and so I learnt to programme in FORTRAN.
Judy Malloy PERSON
technical librarian ROLE
Surface Form: "applied for the position of"

Evidence Source

I applied for the position of technical librarian and got it.
Judy Malloy PERSON
BBRC library computerisation PROJECT
Surface Form: "began to computerise"

Evidence Source

I dealt with the documents and I'm not sure exactly how it occurred that I began to computerise the library.
Jo Sanford PERSON
Ball Brothers Research Corporation ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "worked with me"

Evidence Source

I had a woman who worked with me, Jo Sanford, who was also learning to programme.
Judy Malloy PERSON
Dürer Platz PLACE
Surface Form: "lived in"

Judy Malloy PERSON
Nurnberg CITY
Surface Form: "lived in"

Evidence Source

I lived in Dürer Platz in the old walled City of Nurnberg
Judy Malloy PERSON
University of Denver's Graduate School of Librarianship INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "took a summer institute at"

Evidence Source

I took a summer institute at the University of Denver's Graduate School of Librarianship
Judy Malloy PERSON
Special Library System INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "worked in"

Evidence Source

I worked in the Special Library System in Furth
Special Library System INSTITUTION
Furth CITY
Surface Form: "in"

Evidence Source

Special Library System in Furth
Ball Brothers Research Corporation ORGANISATION
orbiting solar observatory TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "made"

Evidence Source

They made the orbiting solar observatory.
Judy Malloy PERSON
1969 TIME
Surface Form: "it was"

Evidence Source

This was not the era of big Computer Science departments, it was 1969
Dan Anderson PERSON
BBRC computer room DEPARTMENT
Surface Form: "ran"

Evidence Source

took classes in FORTRAN from Dan Anderson. He ran the computer room and also taught the classes.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #7 | 0 Extractions

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Judy Malloy Interviewee | Utterance #8 | 3 Extractions
Georges Perec PERSON
Oulipo ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "member of"

Evidence Source

Georges Perec (2011), who was a member of the Oulipo
Georges Perec PERSON
The Art of Asking your Boss for a Raise Concept
Surface Form: "It's by"

Evidence Source

I always use this book, The Art of Asking your Boss for a Raise ... It's by Georges Perec
Uncle Roger PROJECT
BBRC programme SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "played off"

Evidence Source

if you look in Uncle Roger, you can see that I played off the programme I wrote for BBRC.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #9 | 0 Extractions

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Judy Malloy Interviewee | Utterance #10 | 2 Extractions
José Antonio Villarreal PERSON
The Fifth Horseman PROJECT
Surface Form: "writing"

Evidence Source

At the time he was writing The Fifth Horseman, which was a story of the Mexican Revolution.
José Antonio Villarreal PERSON
Ball Brothers Research Corporation ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "boss at"

Evidence Source

my immediate boss at BBRC, and this is kind of interesting, was José Antonio Villarreal
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #11 | 0 Extractions

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Judy Malloy Interviewee | Utterance #12 | 4 Extractions
ARPANET TECHNOLOGY
1969 TIME
Surface Form: "beginning of"

Evidence Source

1969 was the beginning of ARPANET
Judy Malloy PERSON
IBM TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "used"

Evidence Source

I think I used a mainframe, I've been trying to research what computer I used. I'm not positive it was a mainframe, I'm pretty sure it was an IBM.
Compatible Time-Sharing System SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
MIT INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "MIT's"

Evidence Source

MIT's Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS)
Compatible Time-Sharing System SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
MAIL SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "used"

Evidence Source

MIT's Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS) used MAIL to coordinate their research
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #13 | 0 Extractions

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Judy Malloy Interviewee | Utterance #14 | 4 Extractions
Bell Labs INSTITUTION
New Jersey PLACE
Surface Form: "in"

Evidence Source

Bell Labs in New Jersey
Nancy Kaplan PERSON
Stuart Moulthrop PERSON
Surface Form: "who's his wife"

Evidence Source

Nancy Kaplan, who's his wife.
Dan Anderson PERSON
computer room DEPARTMENT
Surface Form: "ran"

Evidence Source

So I had to go find Dan Anderson (who ran the computer room)
Stuart Moulthrop PERSON
Pathfinders interview EVENT
Surface Form: "telling the story to"

Evidence Source

when I was telling the story to Stuart Moulthrop during the Pathfinders interview
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #15 | 0 Extractions

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Judy Malloy Interviewee | Utterance #16 | 0 Extractions

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Judy Malloy Interviewee | Utterance #18 | 6 Extractions
Judy Malloy PERSON
1976 TIME
Surface Form: "it was"

Evidence Source

I began to have this vision that I could create a non-sequential narrative using catalog cards ... it was 1976 when I started doing this.
Judy Malloy PERSON
Visidex SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "used"

Evidence Source

I used the early Apple II programme called Visidex.
Radio Shack ORGANISATION
electromechanical address books TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "made"

Evidence Source

In those days, Radio Shack made these electromechanical address books
JR Carpenter PERSON
City Fish PROJECT
Surface Form: "'s"

Evidence Source

JR Carpenter's City Fish
Judy Malloy PERSON
1986 TIME
Surface Form: "first time I used computers since I left BBRC"

Evidence Source

So this was the first time I used computers since I left BBRC in 1969, and it was 1986.
Judy Malloy PERSON
Apple II TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "bought"

Evidence Source

we went and bought a used Apple II
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #19 | 0 Extractions

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Judy Malloy Interviewee | Utterance #20 | 4 Extractions
Richard M Dougherty PERSON
University of Michigan INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "went to"

Evidence Source

He also went to the University of Michigan and worked on computerising that catalog
Richard M Dougherty PERSON
Systems Analysis FIELD
Surface Form: "Professor of"

Evidence Source

I didn't mention that the Professor of the Systems Analysis course I took was Richard M Dougherty
Willard McCarty PERSON
McCarty et al. 2012 EVENT
Surface Form: "interview"

Evidence Source

reading Willard McCarty's interview (McCarty et al. 2012)
Richard M Dougherty PERSON
UC Berkeley INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "Head Librarian at"

Evidence Source

Richard M Dougherty, who went on to be the Head Librarian at UC Berkeley
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #21 | 0 Extractions

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Judy Malloy Interviewee | Utterance #22 | 1 Extractions
Jo Sanford PERSON
Ball Brothers Research Corporation ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "My colleague"

Evidence Source

My colleague, Jo Sanford and I were the only women using the computer room.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #23 | 0 Extractions

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Judy Malloy Interviewee | Utterance #24 | 4 Extractions
Judy Malloy PERSON
Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "community on"

Evidence Source

community on the Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link (see, for example, Rheingold 2000; Turner 2010) was very helpful.
Judy Malloy PERSON
Uncle Roger PROJECT
Surface Form: "programmed"

Uncle Roger PROJECT
Unix Shell scripts TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "in"

Evidence Source

I also programmed Uncle Roger in Unix Shell scripts
Judy Malloy PERSON
BASIC TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "started using"

Evidence Source

When I started using BASIC, which was hugely easier to use
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #25 | 0 Extractions

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Judy Malloy Interviewee | Utterance #26 | 0 Extractions

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Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #27 | 0 Extractions

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Judy Malloy Interviewee | Utterance #28 | 13 Extractions
Art Com Electronic Network ORGANISATION
ACEN ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "(ACEN)"

Evidence Source

Art Com Electronic Network (ACEN)
Judy Malloy PERSON
Bad Information Base no 1 PROJECT
Surface Form: "making"

Evidence Source

because he had seen the database I was making (Bad Information Base no 1).
Carl Loeffler PERSON
ACEN publishing system PROJECT
Surface Form: "initiated"

Fred Truck PERSON
ACEN publishing system SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "programmed"

Evidence Source

Carl Loeffler initiated and Fred Truck programmed a system and menu where the works could actually be published.
Fred Truck PERSON
Iowa PLACE
Surface Form: "in"

Evidence Source

Fred Truck in Iowa
Carl Loeffler PERSON
Art Com/La Mamelle ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "founding director of"

Evidence Source

he was the founding director of Art Com/La Mamelle
Carl Loeffler PERSON
Art Com Electronic Network ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "director of"

Evidence Source

he was the founding director of Art Com/La Mamelle and then of Art Com Electronic Network (ACEN)
Judy Malloy PERSON
Uncle Roger PROJECT
Surface Form: "published"

Evidence Source

It was how I first published Uncle Roger
Fortner Anderson PERSON
Canada COUNTRY
Surface Form: "in"

Evidence Source

talk to spoken word poet Fortner Anderson in Canada
The WELL ORGANISATION
ACEN ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "gave access"

Evidence Source

The WELL gave ACEN direct access to the server
The WELL ORGANISATION
PicoSpan SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "used"

Evidence Source

the WELL used the conferencing software PicoSpan
Uncle Roger PROJECT
The WELL's VAX SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "housed in"

Evidence Source

The works themselves, and in my case the programs I wrote that ran them, were housed in The WELL's VAX.
Jim Rosenberg PERSON
Pennsylvania PLACE
Surface Form: "in"

Evidence Source

to Jim Rosenberg in Pennsylvania
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #29 | 0 Extractions

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Judy Malloy Interviewee | Utterance #34 | 4 Extractions
Inform 7 SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
application CONCEPT
Surface Form: "application"

Evidence Source

I think a good application, like Inform 7 or Storyspace
Judy Malloy PERSON
HTML TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "using"

Judy Malloy PERSON
JavaScript TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "using"

Evidence Source

I'm using HTML or JavaScript
Storyspace SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
application CONCEPT
Surface Form: "application"

Evidence Source

Storyspace, for example, was a wonderful application
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #35 | 0 Extractions

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Judy Malloy Interviewee | Utterance #36 | 0 Extractions

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Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #37 | 2 Extractions
Defining Digital Humanities: a Reader PROJECT
2013 TIME
Surface Form: "2013"

Evidence Source

Defining Digital Humanities: a Reader (Terras et al. 2013)
Julianne Nyhan PERSON
Defining Digital Humanities: a Reader PROJECT
Surface Form: "published"

Evidence Source

my colleagues and I published a book called Defining Digital Humanities: a Reader (Terras et al. 2013).
Judy Malloy Interviewee | Utterance #38 | 0 Extractions

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Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #39 | 0 Extractions

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Judy Malloy Interviewee | Utterance #40 | 7 Extractions
Fred Truck PERSON
First Meeting of the Satie Society PROJECT
Surface Form: "formatted"

Evidence Source

Fred formatted it
John Cage PERSON
Silence PROJECT
Surface Form: "done"

Evidence Source

he had done Silence
Silence PROJECT
1952 TIME
Surface Form: "in about"

Evidence Source

in about 1952, when he had done Silence
John Cage PERSON
First Meeting of the Satie Society PROJECT
Surface Form: "published"

Evidence Source

John Cage, who, in 1986 or 1987, I'm not sure which, published a work on Art Com, called the First Meeting of the Satie Society
First Meeting of the Satie Society PROJECT
Art Com ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "work on"

Evidence Source

published a work on Art Com, called the First Meeting of the Satie Society
Robert Coover PERSON
New York Times ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "wrote a series of articles for"

Evidence Source

Robert Coover (1992) wrote a series of articles for the New York Times
Silence PROJECT
4′33″ PROJECT
Surface Form: "officially called"

Evidence Source

Silence (officially called 4′33″
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #41 | 0 Extractions

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Judy Malloy Interviewee | Utterance #46 | 7 Extractions
CADRE ORGANISATION
San Jose State INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "at"

Evidence Source

CADRE) at San Jose State
NCGA Conference EVENT
CADRE ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "hosted by"

Evidence Source

hosted by the Computers in Art and Design, Research and Education Institute (CADRE)
Howard Besser PERSON
Museum Computer Network ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "connected more with"

Evidence Source

Howard Besser was there also and he is actually connected more with the Museum Computer Network.
Judy Malloy PERSON
Art and Telecommunications panel EVENT
Surface Form: "invited to be on"

Evidence Source

I was invited to be on the Art and Telecommunications panel
Jeanelle Hurst PERSON
Australia COUNTRY
Surface Form: "from"

Evidence Source

Jeanelle Hurst (from Australia)
Carl Loeffler PERSON
Art and Telecommunications panel EVENT
Surface Form: "organized"

Evidence Source

on the Art and Telecommunications panel, organized by Carl Loeffler
NCGA Conference EVENT
San Jose State University INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "took place in"

Evidence Source

the NCGA Conference that took place in San Jose State University.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #47 | 0 Extractions

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Judy Malloy Interviewee | Utterance #48 | 4 Extractions
John Cage PERSON
David Tudor PERSON
Surface Form: "created a work"

Evidence Source

He and David Tudor created a work where Cage read those stories in one room
John Cage PERSON
Interdeterminacy PROJECT
Surface Form: "created"

Evidence Source

Many of the works he's done have been influential on my work, I'm thinking of his Interdeterminacy.
Sonya Rapoport PERSON
1923 TIME
Surface Form: "(1923"

Evidence Source

Sonya Rapoport (1923-2015)
Sonya Rapoport PERSON
2015 TIME
Surface Form: "died"

Evidence Source

Sonya Rapoport (1923-2015), who just died this June
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #49 | 0 Extractions

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Judy Malloy Interviewee | Utterance #50 | 6 Extractions
Michael Joyce PERSON
Storyspace SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "worked on"

Evidence Source

He picked up Storyspace from Michael Joyce, and the other people who worked on it
Objects on my Dresser PROJECT
80 Langton Street PLACE
Surface Form: "at"

Evidence Source

I went to an installation at 80 Langton Street called 'Objects on my Dresser'.
Objects on my Dresser PROJECT
1980 TIME
Surface Form: "in"

Evidence Source

I went to an installation at 80 Langton Street called 'Objects on my Dresser'. ... I think, in 1980 or 1981
Mark Bernstein PERSON
Eastgate ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "chief Scientist at"

Evidence Source

Mark Bernstein (chief Scientist at Eastgate, one of the leading publishers of hypertext)
Sonya Rapoport PERSON
Objects on my Dresser PROJECT
Surface Form: "created"

Evidence Source

She had created a work where she had taken the objects on her dresser, I think, and written texts about each object. ... 'Objects on my Dresser'
Sonya Rapoport PERSON
Shoe Field PROJECT
Surface Form: "did another work called"

Evidence Source

Then she did another work called Shoe Field
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #51 | 0 Extractions

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Judy Malloy Interviewee | Utterance #52 | 3 Extractions
Judy Malloy PERSON
Princeton INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "visiting lecturer job at"

Evidence Source

I just had a wonderful 2 year visiting lecturer job at Princeton.
Nathaniel Hawthorne PERSON
customs house ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "worked at"

Evidence Source

Nathaniel Hawthorne worked at a customs house.
TS Eliot PERSON
a bank ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "worked at"

Evidence Source

TS Eliot, worked at a bank
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #53 | 0 Extractions

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Willard McCarty Interviewer | Utterance #1 | 0 Extractions

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John Burrows Interviewee | Utterance #2 | 6 Extractions
John Lambert PERSON
our Computing Service ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "the Director of our Computing Service"

Evidence Source

and I went downstairs to the Director of our Computing Service, John Lambert,Footnote2 and asked him if any of this could be computerised.
John Burrows PERSON
John Lambert PERSON
Surface Form: "we worked right on from there"

Evidence Source

He responded with great interest and enthusiasm and we worked right on from there.
John Lambert PERSON
COCOA SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "told me about COCOA (Russell 1965), the software program of the day for text management and preparation"

COCOA SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
text management and preparation METHOD
Surface Form: "the software program of the day for text management and preparation"

Evidence Source

He told me about COCOA (Russell 1965), the software program of the day for text management and preparation.
John Burrows PERSON
1979 TIME
Surface Form: "It was 1979"

Evidence Source

It was 1979. I’d been card-indexing examples of tolerably common words (or frequent words) in Jane Austen’s novels.
John Burrows PERSON
Jane Austen’s novels WORK
Surface Form: "I’d been card-indexing examples of tolerably common words (or frequent words) in"

Evidence Source

I’d been card-indexing examples of tolerably common words (or frequent words) in Jane Austen’s novels.
Hugh Craig Interviewee | Utterance #3 | 5 Extractions
Hugh Craig PERSON
Remington word processor TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "A Remington word processor that we had in the faculty was my first contact"

Remington word processor TECHNOLOGY
the faculty ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "that we had in the faculty"

Evidence Source

A Remington word processor that we had in the faculty was my first contact.
John Burrows PERSON
Dean POSITION
Surface Form: "you were Dean"

Hugh Craig PERSON
Remington word processor project PROJECT
Surface Form: "you put me in charge of that project"

Evidence Source

Remember [to JB], you were Dean and you put me in charge of that project.
Remington word processor project PROJECT
early 1980s TIME_SPAN
Surface Form: "That was in the early 1980s"

Evidence Source

That was in the early 1980s, so that was our first bit of word processing technology.
John Burrows Interviewee | Utterance #4 | 0 Extractions

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Hugh Craig Interviewee | Utterance #13 | 1 Extractions
Hugh Craig PERSON
Ben Jonson’s additions to the Spanish Tragedy RESEARCH_TOPIC
Surface Form: "I was working on a problem on"

Evidence Source

I was working on a problem on Ben Jonson’s additions to the Spanish Tragedy
John Burrows Interviewee | Utterance #14 | 0 Extractions

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Hugh Craig Interviewee | Utterance #19 | 5 Extractions
Hugh Craig PERSON
six Shakespeare plays and six Jonson plays TEXT_CORPUS
Surface Form: "I had maybe six Shakespeare plays and six Jonson plays"

Evidence Source

I had maybe six Shakespeare plays and six Jonson plays
Hugh Craig PERSON
1988 TIME
Surface Form: "did my first comparison in 1988"

Evidence Source

I know that I did my first comparison in 1988.
Hugh Craig PERSON
Hamlet WORK
Surface Form: "I prepared Hamlet for that study in 1988"

Evidence Source

I prepared Hamlet for that study in 1988
Hugh Craig PERSON
approximately 225 plays TEXT_CORPUS
Surface Form: "I’ve just been able to keep building it up to, I don’t know, 225 plays or whatever"

Evidence Source

In my case, I’ve just been able to keep building it up to, I don’t know, 225 plays or whatever.
Hugh Craig PERSON
Hamlet WORK
Surface Form: "I’ve probably used it at least every week since then – that same text over and over again"

Evidence Source

I’ve probably used it at least every week since then – that same text over and over again.
John Burrows Interviewee | Utterance #20 | 4 Extractions
John Dawson PERSON
Cambridge University Literary and Linguistic Computer Centre ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "the Manager of Cambridge University Literary and Linguistic Computer Centre"

Evidence Source

had the good fortune to meet John Dawson [the Manager of Cambridge University Literary and Linguistic Computer Centre].
Dawson’s center in Cambridge ORGANISATION
Cambridge CITY
Surface Form: "Dawson’s center in Cambridge"

Hockey’s center in Oxford ORGANISATION
Oxford CITY
Surface Form: "Hockey’s center in Oxford"

Evidence Source

So, between Dawson’s center in Cambridge and Hockey’s center in Oxford, I was doing a lot of criss-cross travelling in the course of that year
Susan Hockey PERSON
Oxford University Computing Services ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "was told about Susan Hockey (see Chap. 6) and the work in Oxford University Computing Services"

Evidence Source

was told about Susan Hockey (see Chap. 6) and the work in Oxford University Computing Services.
John Burrows Interviewee | Utterance #21 | 5 Extractions
John Lambert PERSON
Director of Computing Services POSITION
Surface Form: "retired from his post as Director of Computing Services"

Evidence Source

by 2001 he had been retired from his post as Director of Computing Services for 6 or 8 years.
LILAC SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
John Lambert PERSON
Surface Form: "The prototype software that he designed for us called LILAC (Literature, Language, Computing)"

LILAC SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Literature, Language, Computing CONCEPT
Surface Form: "LILAC (Literature, Language, Computing)"

John Burrows PERSON
LILAC SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "I use every day still"

Evidence Source

The prototype software that he designed for us called LILAC (Literature, Language, Computing) I use every day still.
John Lambert PERSON
programmer in our center POSITION
Surface Form: "he became our programmer in our center"

Evidence Source

To amuse himself, and to earn a bit of money on the side, he became our programmer in our center.
Hugh Craig Interviewee | Utterance #22 | 0 Extractions

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John Burrows Interviewee | Utterance #23 | 1 Extractions
Annette Dobson PERSON
Professor of Statistics POSITION
Surface Form: "our Professor of Statistics"

Evidence Source

I got a great deal of support from our Professor of Statistics, Annette Dobson, who was sympathetic to my ignorance and stupidity.
Hugh Craig Interviewee | Utterance #24 | 1 Extractions
Principal Component Analysis (PCA) METHOD
exploratory multivariate analysis METHOD
Surface Form: "a beautiful way of combining the multivariate (combining all those different variables in an exploratory way) and letting the data speak for itself"

Evidence Source

Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was just the key, wasn’t it? It was a beautiful way of combining the multivariate (combining all those different variables in an exploratory way) and letting the data speak for itself.
John Burrows Interviewee | Utterance #25 | 1 Extractions
Nick McLaren PERSON
Cambridge Computing Laboratory ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "in the Cambridge Computing Laboratory"

Evidence Source

Nick McLaren in the Cambridge Computing Laboratory.
Hugh Craig Interviewee | Utterance #26 | 1 Extractions
function words CONCEPT
empty words or stock words CONCEPT
Surface Form: "they were empty words, or stock words, you know, classically"

Evidence Source

Nobody thought that function words would give you anything because every one used them at the same rate and they were empty words, or stock words, you know, classically.
John Burrows Interviewee | Utterance #27 | 1 Extractions
John Burrows PERSON
function words (and, of, the) CONCEPT
Surface Form: "Once I got it into the computer setup I was able to explore what did happen to and and, of and the"

Evidence Source

Once I got it into the computer setup I was able to explore what did happen to and and, of and the.
Hugh Craig Interviewee | Utterance #28 | 2 Extractions
Principal Component Analysis (PCA) METHOD
function words CONCEPT
Surface Form: "PCA somehow went beautifully with function words"

John Burrows PERSON
function words plus PCA METHOD
Surface Form: "John’s winning hand, function words plus PCA"

Evidence Source

Then PCA somehow went beautifully with function words; that was John’s winning hand, function words plus PCA.
John Burrows Interviewee | Utterance #29 | 0 Extractions

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Hugh Craig Interviewee | Utterance #30 | 1 Extractions
function words CONCEPT
the very fabric of language CONCEPT
Surface Form: "they’re like the very fabric of language"

Evidence Source

but then you come back to function words: they’re abundant, they’ve got a good distribution … they’re like the very fabric of language, aren’t they?
John Burrows Interviewee | Utterance #31 | 0 Extractions

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John Burrows Interviewee | Utterance #37 | 1 Extractions
John Burrows PERSON
literature DISCIPLINE
Surface Form: "we never really wanted to do anything other than study literature"

Evidence Source

I think we’re fortunate that we never really wanted to do anything other than study literature; all of the other things were ancillary to that.
John Burrows Interviewee | Utterance #38 | 4 Extractions
Erich Auerbach PERSON
Mimesis WORK
Surface Form: "Erich Auerbach’s Mimesis"

Evidence Source

I was also enormously impressed by Erich Auerbach’s Mimesis
Wolfgang Clemen PERSON
Shakespeare’s imagery CONCEPT
Surface Form: "on Shakespeare’s imagery"

Evidence Source

I was enormously impressed by Wolfgang Clemen (1977) on Shakespeare’s imagery.
Mimesis WORK
Istanbul CITY
Surface Form: "written by a refugee in Istanbul I think it was, during the war"

Mimesis WORK
the war TIME_SPAN
Surface Form: "during the war"

Evidence Source

partly because of the way in which it was written by a refugee in Istanbul I think it was, during the war, quite without a proper library.
John Burrows Interviewee | Utterance #39 | 2 Extractions
Reuben Arthur Brower PERSON
Fields of Light WORK
Surface Form: "Reuben Arthur Brower’s Fields of Light (1951)"

Fields of Light WORK
1951 TIME
Surface Form: "(1951)"

Evidence Source

Reuben Arthur Brower’s Fields of Light (1951), was terribly important to me, you know.
Hugh Craig Interviewee | Utterance #40 | 2 Extractions
Stephen Greenblatt PERSON
New Historicism FIELD
Surface Form: "New Historicism in our own area – that is, the renaissance area – people like Stephen Greenblatt"

Evidence Source

But I was very influenced by New Historicism in our own area – that is, the renaissance area – people like Stephen Greenblatt and so-called Cultural Poetics, which is a good broadening from close reading.
G. K. Hunter PERSON
a literary history of renaissance English WORK
Surface Form: "who did a literary history of renaissance English"

Evidence Source

We had a really nice visit from George Hunter, G. K. Hunter, who did a literary history of renaissance English, you know.
John Burrows Interviewee | Utterance #41 | 2 Extractions
John Burrows PERSON
Susan Hockey PERSON
Surface Form: "conferences with people like Susan Hockey and Paul Fortier"

John Burrows PERSON
Paul Fortier PERSON
Surface Form: "conferences with people like Susan Hockey and Paul Fortier"

Evidence Source

I did learn a lot in the late 1980s and 1990s at conferences with people like Susan Hockey and Paul Fortier.
John Burrows Interviewee | Utterance #42 | 1 Extractions
Paul Butler PERSON
John Lambert PERSON
Surface Form: "his deputy Paul Butler"

Evidence Source

I’d go down and talk to him, or his deputy Paul Butler was helpful at times
Hugh Craig Interviewee | Utterance #43 | 1 Extractions
Alexis Antonia PERSON
Linguist helping with preparing texts POSITION
Surface Form: "a Linguist, to help with preparing texts"

Evidence Source

We had Alexis Antonia already there as a wonderfully patient person, and a Linguist, to help with preparing texts.
John Burrows Interviewee | Utterance #44 | 2 Extractions
John Burrows PERSON
Literary and Linguistic Computing JOURNAL
Surface Form: "The journals that were important were Literary and Linguistic Computing particularly"

Evidence Source

The journals that were important were Literary and Linguistic Computing particularly
John Burrows PERSON
Computing in the Humanities JOURNAL
Surface Form: "but Computing in the Humanities as well"

Evidence Source

The journals that were important were Literary and Linguistic Computing particularly but Computing in the Humanities as well.
John Burrows Interviewee | Utterance #45 | 0 Extractions

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Hugh Craig Interviewee | Utterance #46 | 0 Extractions

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Hugh Craig Interviewee | Utterance #51 | 4 Extractions
Anne Barton PERSON
Ben Jonson scholarship FIELD
Surface Form: "who was a very good Ben Jonson scholar"

Anne Barton PERSON
Cambridge CITY
Surface Form: "in Cambridge"

Evidence Source

Another great question came from Anne Barton (who was a very good Ben Jonson scholar) in Cambridge.
Hugh Craig PERSON
Hugh Craig’s father PERSON
Surface Form: "I worked with him doing some PCAs"

Hugh Craig’s father PERSON
mathematician FIELD
Surface Form: "my father is a good mathematician"

Evidence Source

Yes my father is a good mathematician and so I worked with him doing some PCAs.
John Burrows Interviewee | Utterance #52 | 0 Extractions

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John Burrows Interviewee | Utterance #53 | 7 Extractions
AULLA conference in Adelaide (Australian branch of the MLA) CONFERENCE
Adelaide CITY
Surface Form: "in Adelaide"

AULLA conference in Adelaide (Australian branch of the MLA) CONFERENCE
1974 TIME
Surface Form: "in 1974"

Evidence Source

I gave a paper to a conference in Adelaide, the Australian branch of the MLA, AULLA in 1974
John Burrows PERSON
Head of Department and Dean POSITION
Surface Form: "I was Head of Department a lot of that time, and then Dean"

Evidence Source

It was very arduous – I was Head of Department a lot of that time, and then Dean.
John Burrows PERSON
ACH/ ALLC conference in San Francisco CONFERENCE
Surface Form: "Overseas conferences for me, in this field I mean, began in San Francisco in what must have been 1981 at the big ACH/ ALLC conference of that year"

ACH/ ALLC conference in San Francisco CONFERENCE
San Francisco CITY
Surface Form: "in San Francisco"

ACH/ ALLC conference in San Francisco CONFERENCE
1981 TIME
Surface Form: "what must have been 1981"

Evidence Source

Overseas conferences for me, in this field I mean, began in San Francisco in what must have been 1981 at the big ACH/ ALLC conference of that year.
John Burrows PERSON
AULLA conference in Adelaide (Australian branch of the MLA) CONFERENCE
Surface Form: "I gave a paper to a conference in Adelaide, the Australian branch of the MLA, AULLA in 1974"

Evidence Source

Well, I gave a paper to a conference in Adelaide, the Australian branch of the MLA, AULLA in 1974
John Burrows Interviewee | Utterance #54 | 0 Extractions

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Harold Short Interviewer | Utterance #55 | 0 Extractions

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Harold Short Interviewer | Utterance #74 | 0 Extractions

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Hugh Craig Interviewee | Utterance #76 | 0 Extractions

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John Burrows Interviewee | Utterance #79 | 0 Extractions

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Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #1 | 3 Extractions
Wilhelm Ott PERSON
Nichtnumerische Datenverarbeitung programming course COURSE
Surface Form: "had your first contact with computing as a participant of the programming course Nichtnumerische Datenverarbeitung (non-numeric data processing) at the Deutsches Rechenzentrum (German Computing Center) in Darmstadt"

Deutsches Rechenzentrum INSTITUTION
Darmstadt CITY
Surface Form: "in Darmstadt"

Wilhelm Ott PERSON
1966 TIME
Surface Form: "In 1966 you had your first contact with computing"

Evidence Source

In 1966 you had your first contact with computing as a participant of the programming course Nichtnumerische Datenverarbeitung (non-numeric data processing) at the Deutsches Rechenzentrum (German Computing Center) in Darmstadt.
Wilhelm Ott Interviewee | Utterance #2 | 5 Extractions
Wilhelm Ott PERSON
Theology DISCIPLINE
Surface Form: "had been busy studying Theology and had completed a doctorate in it"

Evidence Source

I had been busy studying Theology and had completed a doctorate in it.
Wilhelm Ott PERSON
Classics FIELD
Surface Form: "had started a second study in Classics"

Evidence Source

I knew that I would not earn my living from Theology and so I had started a second study in Classics.
Wilhelm Ott PERSON
University of Munich INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "at the University of Munich (where I was studying Classics)"

Wilhelm Ott PERSON
Classics FIELD
Surface Form: "where I was studying Classics"

Evidence Source

In 1966 I noticed an announcement on a notice board at the University of Munich (where I was studying Classics) that the Deutsches Rechenzentrum Footnote1 was offering programming courses that were also available to Humanities people.
Deutsches Rechenzentrum INSTITUTION
Humanities people GROUP
Surface Form: "was offering programming courses that were also available to Humanities people"

Evidence Source

that the Deutsches Rechenzentrum Footnote1 was offering programming courses that were also available to Humanities people.
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Hexameter analysis program for Vergil’s Aeneid SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Wilhelm Ott PERSON
Surface Form: "I tried to design a program to automatically compile the metrical characteristics which Norden had collected in the appendix to his commentary. It worked"

Evidence Source

I tried to design a program to automatically compile the metrical characteristics which Norden had collected in the appendix to his commentary. It worked, and it was my first experience of thinking about the application of computers to the Humanities.
Wilhelm Ott PERSON
IBM 7090 and IBM 7094 COMPUTER_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "In Darmstadt I had worked on an IBM 7090, and later a 7094"

Evidence Source

In Darmstadt I had worked on an IBM 7090, and later a 7094.
Wilhelm Ott PERSON
New Testament TEXT
Surface Form: "had worked on the New Testament and the differences on the teaching on prayer between the gospels"

Evidence Source

In Theology I had worked on the New Testament and the differences on the teaching on prayer between the gospels (Ott 1965).
Wilhelm Ott PERSON
Humanities FIELD
Surface Form: "my first experience of thinking about the application of computers to the Humanities"

Evidence Source

It worked, and it was my first experience of thinking about the application of computers to the Humanities.
Eduard Norden’s Commentary on Book VI of the Aeneid PUBLICATION
Eduard Norden PERSON
Surface Form: "Eduard Norden’s Commentary on Book VI of the Aeneid (1957)"

Evidence Source

since I had learned from Eduard Norden’s Commentary on Book VI of the Aeneid (1957) how important it was to also pay attention to the “pictorial elements” of the hexameter when interpreting the poem
Nichtnumerische Datenverarbeitung programming course COURSE
Assembler TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "The first part of the coursework was in Assembler"

Evidence Source

The first part of the coursework was in Assembler, this means working very near to the hardware of the machine.
Nichtnumerische Datenverarbeitung programming course COURSE
FORTRAN PROGRAMMING_LANGUAGE
Surface Form: "The second part was in FORTRAN, using a set of sub-routines for character and string handling that the Darmstadt group had just developed"

Darmstadt group RESEARCH_GROUP
FORTRAN sub-routines for character and string handling SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "a set of sub-routines for character and string handling that the Darmstadt group had just developed"

Evidence Source

The second part was in FORTRAN, using a set of sub-routines for character and string handling that the Darmstadt group had just developed, because FORTRAN, at that time, did not even have a CHARACTER statement.
Wilhelm Ott PERSON
Vergil’s Aeneid WORK
Surface Form: "was working on Vergil’s Aeneid, an epic poem written in dactylic hexameters"

Evidence Source

Therefore, since I was working on Vergil’s Aeneid, an epic poem written in dactylic hexameters, and since I had learned from Eduard Norden’s Commentary on Book VI of the Aeneid (1957) how important it was to also pay attention to the “pictorial elements” of the hexameter when interpreting the poem, I tried to design a program to automatically compile the metrical characteristics which Norden had collected in the appendix to his commentary.
Nichtnumerische Datenverarbeitung programming course COURSE
spring 1966 TIME_SPAN
Surface Form: "started the programming course in the spring of 1966"

Evidence Source

When I started the programming course in the spring of 1966 it was relatively early times for Humanities Computing.
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Wilhelm Ott PERSON
Research Officer for computer applications in the Humanities at the Computing Center of the University of Tübingen POSITION
Surface Form: "became Research Officer (Wissenschaftlicher Angestellter) for computer applications in the Humanities in the Computing Center at the University of Tübingen"

Research Officer for computer applications in the Humanities at the Computing Center of the University of Tübingen POSITION
1966 TIME
Surface Form: "In 1966 you became Research Officer"

Computing Center at the University of Tübingen INSTITUTION
University of Tübingen INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "Computing Center at the University of Tübingen"

Evidence Source

In 1966 you became Research Officer (Wissenschaftlicher Angestellter) for computer applications in the Humanities in the Computing Center at the University of Tübingen.
Wilhelm Ott Interviewee | Utterance #8 | 16 Extractions
Edition of the Mishna PROJECT
Institute of Hebrew Studies at the University of Tübingen DEPARTMENT
Surface Form: "a further project came from the Institute of Hebrew Studies at the University of Tübingen, an edition of the Mishna by Michael Krupp"

Edition of the Mishna PROJECT
Michael Krupp PERSON
Surface Form: "an edition of the Mishna by Michael Krupp"

Evidence Source

And, at the same time, a further project came from the Institute of Hebrew Studies at the University of Tübingen, an edition of the Mishna by Michael Krupp.
Kurt Aland PERSON
University of Münster INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "Prof. Kurt Aland from the University of Münster"

Evidence Source

Another large project also came from outside Tübingen. Prof. Kurt Aland from the University of Münster wanted to prepare a new critical edition of the New Testament
Dr Hübner PERSON
IBM Germany ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "Dr Hübner of IBM in Sindelfingen"

Dr Hübner PERSON
Classics Department at the University of Tübingen DEPARTMENT
Surface Form: "had also been a member of the Classics Department in Tübingen before he went to IBM"

Evidence Source

I had contacted Dr Hübner of IBM in Sindelfingen who had also been a member of the Classics Department in Tübingen before he went to IBM.
Index to the Theologische Quartalschrift PROJECT
1895–1970 TIME_SPAN
Surface Form: "In 1969, one of the larger projects was an index to 75 volumes (1895–1970) of the Theologische Quartalschrift"

Index to the Theologische Quartalschrift PROJECT
1969 TIME
Surface Form: "In 1969, one of the larger projects was an index"

Evidence Source

In 1969, one of the larger projects was an index to 75 volumes (1895–1970) of the Theologische Quartalschrift.
TUSTEP typesetting programme SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Digiset digital typesetter TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "the TUSTEP typesetting programme (see below) was working. It was one of the first typesetting routines that could make up whole pages on a Digiset (the first digital typesetter)"

Evidence Source

In the meantime the TUSTEP typesetting programme (see below) was working. It was one of the first typesetting routines that could make up whole pages on a Digiset (the first digital typesetter).
Concordance to the Vulgate PROJECT
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) FUNDING_AGENCY
Surface Form: "a great project sponsored by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)"

Evidence Source

It was the concordance to the Vulgate, the Latin Bible, by Father Bonifatius Fischer (1977), a great project sponsored by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG).
Concordance to the Vulgate PROJECT
Bonifatius Fischer PERSON
Surface Form: "the concordance to the Vulgate, the Latin Bible, by Father Bonifatius Fischer (1977)"

Evidence Source

One of the first projects that came was from outside the university. It was the concordance to the Vulgate, the Latin Bible, by Father Bonifatius Fischer (1977), a great project sponsored by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG).
Kurt Aland PERSON
New critical edition of the New Testament PROJECT
Surface Form: "wanted to prepare a new critical edition of the New Testament"

Evidence Source

Prof. Kurt Aland from the University of Münster wanted to prepare a new critical edition of the New Testament
Index and edition of the works of Heinrich Kaufringer PROJECT
1970 TIME
Surface Form: "Then in 1970, an index to the works of the middle-high German poet Heinrich Kaufringer was to be made"

Index and edition of the works of Heinrich Kaufringer PROJECT
Paul Sappler PERSON
Surface Form: "was to be made by Paul Sappler of the German Department"

Paul Sappler PERSON
German Department at the University of Tübingen DEPARTMENT
Surface Form: "Paul Sappler of the German Department"

Evidence Source

Then in 1970, an index to the works of the middle-high German poet Heinrich Kaufringer was to be made by Paul Sappler of the German Department.
Wilhelm Ott PERSON
Classics Department at the University of Tübingen DEPARTMENT
Surface Form: "went to the Classics Department in Tübingen University where I continued my studies"

Evidence Source

Therefore, I went to the Classics Department in Tübingen University where I continued my studies and showed them what I was working on to see whether they were interested.
Wilhelm Ott PERSON
Computing Center at the University of Tübingen INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "Therefore, they hired me, and the first thing I had to do was to continue my hexameter project"

Evidence Source

They saw the chance that in these circumstances they could also get advice for Humanities applications because I was a Humanist with a doctorate and I had proven that I had also some knowledge of computing. Therefore, they hired me, and the first thing I had to do was to continue my hexameter project but, of course, to also give advice and make it available to other interested people from the Humanities.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #9 | 1 Extractions
Bonifatius Fischer PERSON
Father Busa PERSON
Surface Form: "you put him in contact with Busa regarding lemmatisation"

Evidence Source

I know you put him in contact with Busa regarding lemmatisation.
Wilhelm Ott Interviewee | Utterance #10 | 5 Extractions
Lexicon Electronicum Latinum (LEL) SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Father Busa PERSON
Surface Form: "his Lexicon Electronicum Latinum (LEL), as he called it"

Evidence Source

And so I contacted Father Busa in Gallarate, or in Pisa, where he had just moved to, and asked him if he could give us a copy of his Lexicon Electronicum Latinum (LEL), as he called it.
Lexicon Electronicum Latinum (LEL) SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Lemmatisation of the Vulgate concordance PROJECT
Surface Form: "we took it as a basis for the lemmatisation"

Wilhelm Ott PERSON
Father Busa PERSON
Surface Form: "I visited him in Pisa"

Evidence Source

I visited him in Pisa and he generously gave us his lexicon and we took it as a basis for the lemmatisation.
New edition of the Vulgate used for the concordance TEXT
Bonifatius Fischer PERSON
Surface Form: "the new edition which he had just finished, together with Robert Weber"

New edition of the Vulgate used for the concordance TEXT
Robert Weber PERSON
Surface Form: "the new edition which he had just finished, together with Robert Weber"

Evidence Source

The edition for which the concordance was planned was the new edition which he had just finished, together with Robert Weber.
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Wilhelm Ott Interviewee | Utterance #12 | 8 Extractions
Digiset typesetter TECHNOLOGY
Hell company in Kiel ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "Digiset was produced by the Hell company in Kiel"

Digiset typesetter TECHNOLOGY
cathode ray tube typesetter TECHNOLOGY_TYPE
Surface Form: "was the first cathode ray tube typesetter"

Digiset typesetter TECHNOLOGY
VideoComp by RCA Corporation PRODUCT_NAME
Surface Form: "in the States it was marketed as VideoComp by RCA Corporation"

Evidence Source

Digiset was produced by the Hell company in Kiel and was the first cathode ray tube typesetter (see, for example, Sassoon 1993, p.76, 78, 88); in the States it was marketed as VideoComp by RCA Corporation.
Monastery of Benedictine nuns in Kempen on the Rhine INSTITUTION
Concordance to the Vulgate PROJECT
Surface Form: "Fischer had engaged a monastery of Benedictine nuns in Kempen on the Rhine"

Evidence Source

For this work Fischer had engaged a monastery of Benedictine nuns in Kempen on the Rhine.
Lux Bildstudio ORGANISATION
Neu-Isenburg CITY
Surface Form: "Lux Bildstudio in Neu-Isenburg"

Wilhelm Ott PERSON
Lux Bildstudio ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "I got in contact with Lux Bildstudio in Neu-Isenburg"

Evidence Source

I got in contact with Lux Bildstudio in Neu-Isenburg and then I tried to prepare a programme so that this typesetter could be used for the publication of our data.
Mittelbayerische Zeitung printing house ORGANISATION
Regensburg CITY
Surface Form: "the printing house of the Mittelbayerische Zeitung (a newspaper publisher) in Regensburg"

Evidence Source

Indeed, due to a hint from Dr Hübner of IBM, the first contact that I had in this context was with the printing house of the Mittelbayerische Zeitung (a newspaper publisher) in Regensburg, who had a Linotype driven by paper tape.
Mittelbayerische Zeitung printing house ORGANISATION
Linotype driven by paper tape TECHNOLOGY
Surface Form: "had a Linotype driven by paper tape"

Evidence Source

the printing house of the Mittelbayerische Zeitung (a newspaper publisher) in Regensburg, who had a Linotype driven by paper tape.
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Wilhelm Ott Interviewee | Utterance #18 | 16 Extractions
Hyphenation of German programme for the Linotype typesetter SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Dr Hübner PERSON
Surface Form: "He had just written the hyphenation of German programme for the Linotype typesetter"

Evidence Source

He had just written the hyphenation of German programme for the Linotype typesetter.
Laboratoire d’Analyse Statistique des Langues Anciennes INSTITUTION
Liege CITY
Surface Form: "in Liege"

Evidence Source

I contacted Professor Louis Delatte of the Laboratoire d’Analyse Statistique des Langues Anciennes in LiegeFootnote6 relatively early in July 1966.
Stephen Waite PERSON
Dartmouth College INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "Stephen Waite (of Dartmouth College)"

Stephen Waite PERSON
Calculi PERIODICAL
Surface Form: "had been editing Calculi, his bi-monthly periodical for computer applications in the Classics since 1967"

Evidence Source

I don’t remember the first contact that I had with Stephen Waite (of Dartmouth College), who had been editing Calculi, his bi-monthly periodical for computer applications in the Classics since 1967.
Antonio Zampolli PERSON
Father Busa PERSON
Surface Form: "Antonio Zampolli (his assistant at that time)"

Evidence Source

I visited him and Antonio Zampolli (his assistant at that time) in July of 1967.
Wilhelm Ott PERSON
Cambridge humanities computing conference (1970) EVENT
Surface Form: "In fact, I was the only German participant there"

Susan Hockey PERSON
Cambridge humanities computing conference (1970) EVENT
Surface Form: "through it I made contacts with other important people, for example, Susan Hockey"

Evidence Source

In fact, I was the only German participant there and through it I made contacts with other important people, for example, Susan Hockey.
FIEC 1969 conference in Bonn EVENT
Bonn CITY
Surface Form: "a large conference of La Fédération internationale des associations d’études classiques (FIEC) in Bonn"

Evidence Source

In September 1969, there was a large conference of La Fédération internationale des associations d’études classiques (FIEC) in Bonn.
Wilhelm Ott PERSON
FIEC 1969 conference in Bonn EVENT
Surface Form: "they also asked me to give a report on my hexameter project"

Evidence Source

It had about 800 participants, and they also asked me to give a report on my hexameter project (Ott 1969)
Roy Wisbey PERSON
Cambridge humanities computing conference (1970) EVENT
Surface Form: "a conference Professor Roy Wisbey was organising in Cambridge"

Cambridge humanities computing conference (1970) EVENT
Cambridge CITY
Surface Form: "organising in Cambridge"

Evidence Source

Just about 4 years after my appointment to the Computing Center, in 1970, I heard of a conference Professor Roy Wisbey was organising in Cambridge.
David Packard PERSON
Packard Foundation ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "who later founded the Packard Foundation"

Evidence Source

on this occasion, I came into contact with, for example, David Packard, who later founded the Packard Foundation.
Wilhelm Ott PERSON
Revue of the Laboratoire d’Analyse Statistique des Langues Anciennes JOURNAL
Surface Form: "in the last number of the Revue of 1966, I had the first paper on my computer-aided hexameter studies"

Evidence Source

So, in fact, in the last number of the Revue of 1966, I had the first paper on my computer-aided hexameter studies (Ott 1966).
Calculi PERIODICAL
computer applications in the Classics FIELD
Surface Form: "bi-monthly periodical for computer applications in the Classics"

Evidence Source

Stephen Waite (of Dartmouth College), who had been editing Calculi, his bi-monthly periodical for computer applications in the Classics since 1967.
Frommann-Holzboog ORGANISATION
Stuttgart CITY
Surface Form: "the publisher Frommann-Holzboog in Stuttgart"

Evidence Source

The contact with Father Fischer also came about via the publisher Frommann-Holzboog in Stuttgart.
Louis Delatte PERSON
Laboratoire d’Analyse Statistique des Langues Anciennes INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "Professor Louis Delatte of the Laboratoire d’Analyse Statistique des Langues Anciennes in Liege"

Evidence Source

There were also some people outside of Germany. I contacted Professor Louis Delatte of the Laboratoire d’Analyse Statistique des Langues Anciennes in LiegeFootnote6 relatively early in July 1966.
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Wilhelm Ott Interviewee | Utterance #20 | 1 Extractions
ALLC (Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing) ORGANISATION
international institution CONCEPT
Surface Form: "when the ALLC was subsequently founded it was not as a national British institution but as an international one"

Evidence Source

I am convinced that my presence there was also important because when the ALLC was subsequently founded it was not as a national British institution but as an international one.
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Wilhelm Ott Interviewee | Utterance #22 | 4 Extractions
Professor Lenders of Bonn PERSON
ALLC (Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing) ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "Professor Lenders of BonnFootnote8 was proposed for this"

Wilhelm Ott PERSON
Specialist group on textual editing techniques (ALLC) GROUP
Surface Form: "they asked me to be the representative for a specialist group on textual editing techniques"

Evidence Source

So, Professor Lenders of BonnFootnote8 was proposed for this and they asked me to be the representative for a specialist group on textual editing techniques.
Edinburgh ALLC-related conference (1972) EVENT
Edinburgh CITY
Surface Form: "There was a second conference in Edinburgh in 1972"

Wilhelm Ott PERSON
Edinburgh ALLC-related conference (1972) EVENT
Surface Form: "where I was also present and gave a paper"

Evidence Source

There was a second conference in Edinburgh in 1972, before the founding of the ALLC and after the Cambridge conference where I was also present and gave a paper (see Ott 1973).
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Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #31 | 2 Extractions
Wilhelm Ott PERSON
pagina GmbH ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "In 1973 you co-founded pagina GmbH"

pagina GmbH ORGANISATION
1973 TIME
Surface Form: "In 1973 you co-founded pagina GmbH"

Evidence Source

In 1973 you co-founded pagina GmbH, Footnote9 so I’d like to hear about how it was that the idea for a commercial company came about?
Wilhelm Ott Interviewee | Utterance #32 | 5 Extractions
Wolfgang Reiner PERSON
pagina GmbH ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "He got in contact with me and proposed to make this service available commercially for typesetting in publishing houses. We decided to found the firm pagina"

Evidence Source

He got in contact with me and proposed to make this service available commercially for typesetting in publishing houses. We decided to found the firm pagina (pagina is a Latin word for the page).
Edition of the works of Kaufringer PROJECT
Niemeyer PUBLISHER
Surface Form: "the edition of the works of Kaufringer by Paul Sappler, which was to be published by Niemeyer"

Evidence Source

One of the other earliest projects to use this typesetting program was the edition of the works of Kaufringer by Paul Sappler, which was to be published by Niemeyer.
pagina GmbH ORGANISATION
typesetting for publishers in the Humanities SERVICE
Surface Form: "it was a typesetting firm for, more or less, publishers in the Humanities"

Evidence Source

So we founded pagina: the name comes from the ready-made pages we created, and it was a typesetting firm for, more or less, publishers in the Humanities, because Niemeyer was, of course, also in this field.
Pagina typesetting programme SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
complete page make-up including page numbering and running heads CONCEPT
Surface Form: "The programme I had made was the first programme, as far as I know, that did not only provide hyphenation and line breaks but also complete page make-up, including page numbering, running heads and so on"

Evidence Source

The programme I had made was the first programme, as far as I know, that did not only provide hyphenation and line breaks but also complete page make-up, including page numbering, running heads and so on.
Wolfgang Reiner PERSON
Niemeyer PUBLISHER
Surface Form: "The technical production manager of Niemeyer, Wolfgang Reiner"

Evidence Source

The technical production manager of Niemeyer, Wolfgang Reiner, saw it just as he was looking for a replacement for hot metal typesetting.
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Wilhelm Ott Interviewee | Utterance #36 | 5 Extractions
Digital Humanities division at pagina GmbH DEPARTMENT
Humanities Computing projects PROJECT_TYPE
Surface Form: "it’s also giving advice to Humanities Computing projects from transcription to collation and so on"

Evidence Source

and it’s also giving advice to Humanities Computing projects from transcription to collation and so on.
pagina GmbH ORGANISATION
publishing technologies CONCEPT
Surface Form: "Nowadays (and since 2011) it is “publishing technologies”"

Evidence Source

Nowadays (and since 2011) it is “publishing technologies”, including online publications and e-book publications, workflows for publishing houses, the introduction of XML technologies and so on.
pagina GmbH ORGANISATION
Elektronische Satzherstellung (electronic typesetting) CONCEPT
Surface Form: "The first business area of pagina, used as a supplement to the name of the firm, was Elektronische Satzherstellung (electronic typesetting)"

Evidence Source

The first business area of pagina, used as a supplement to the name of the firm, was Elektronische Satzherstellung (electronic typesetting)
pagina GmbH ORGANISATION
Gesamtherstellung Wissenschaftlicher Werke (overall production of scholarly works) CONCEPT
Surface Form: "and later, in 1966, it was changed to Gesamtherstellung Wissenschaftlicher Werke (overall production of scholarly works)"

Evidence Source

The first business area of pagina, used as a supplement to the name of the firm, was Elektronische Satzherstellung (electronic typesetting) and later, in 1966, it was changed to Gesamtherstellung Wissenschaftlicher Werke (overall production of scholarly works).
pagina GmbH ORGANISATION
Digital Humanities division at pagina GmbH DEPARTMENT
Surface Form: "pagina in the meantime has also established an Abteilung (a division) called Digital Humanities"

Evidence Source

Typesetting is only a tiny part of it, but pagina in the meantime has also established an Abteilung (a division) called Digital Humanities
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Wilhelm Ott Interviewee | Utterance #38 | 7 Extractions
TUSTEP (Tübingen System of Text Processing Programmes) SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
TUSTEP SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "we baptised it, and called it Tübingen System of Text Processing Programmes, TUSTEP"

Evidence Source

and in 1978, when the child had some maturity, we baptised it, and called it Tübingen System of Text Processing Programmes, TUSTEP.
COCOA concordance programme SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
ATLAS in Great Britain ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "COCOA, the word count and concordance programme provided by ATLAS in Great Britain"

Evidence Source

One of them was COCOA, the word count and concordance programme provided by ATLAS in Great Britain,
COCOA concordance programme SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Oxford Concordance Program (OCP) SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "which later was the basis for the Oxford Concordance Program (OCP)"

Evidence Source

One of them was COCOA, the word count and concordance programme provided by ATLAS in Great Britain, which later was the basis for the Oxford Concordance Program (OCP) by Susan Hockey and Ian Marriot.
Gottfried Reeg PERSON
FU Berlin INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "Gottfried Reeg (from 1984 at FU Berlin)"

Evidence Source

Paul Sappler, and Gottfried Reeg (from 1984 at FU Berlin) started with those tools and programmed by themselves.
COBAPH concordance programme SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Regensburg CITY
Surface Form: "a further programme in Regensburg COBAPH (COBOL basic programmes for Philology), which also produced concordances"

Evidence Source

There was a further programme in Regensburg COBAPH (COBOL basic programmes for Philology), which also produced concordances,
Oxford Concordance Program (OCP) SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Susan Hockey PERSON
Surface Form: "Oxford Concordance Program (OCP) by Susan Hockey and Ian Marriot"

Oxford Concordance Program (OCP) SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Ian Marriot PERSON
Surface Form: "Oxford Concordance Program (OCP) by Susan Hockey and Ian Marriot"

Evidence Source

which later was the basis for the Oxford Concordance Program (OCP) by Susan Hockey and Ian Marriot.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #39 | 2 Extractions
Wilhelm Ott PERSON
Kolloquium zur Anwendung der EDV in den Geisteswissenschaften (University of Tübingen) EVENT_SERIES
Surface Form: "From 1973 until 2004 you organised the Kolloquium zur Anwendung der EDV in den Geisteswisschenschaften an der Universität Tübingen"

Kolloquium zur Anwendung der EDV in den Geisteswissenschaften (University of Tübingen) EVENT_SERIES
1973–2004 TIME_SPAN
Surface Form: "From 1973 until 2004"

Evidence Source

From 1973 until 2004 you organised the Kolloquium zur Anwendung der EDV in den Geisteswisschenschaften an der Universität Tübingen.
Wilhelm Ott Interviewee | Utterance #40 | 6 Extractions
Father Busa PERSON
Kolloquium zur Anwendung der EDV in den Geisteswissenschaften (University of Tübingen) EVENT_SERIES
Surface Form: "One of the most prominent speakers was Father Busa, in 1990"

Colloquium ‘Maschinelle Methoden der literarischen Analyse und der Lexikographie’ EVENT
Tübingen CITY
Surface Form: "the colloquium on ‘Maschinelle Methoden der literarischen Analyse und der Lexikographie’ in Tübingen in 1960"

Evidence Source

One of the most prominent speakers was Father Busa, in 1990, exactly 30 years – to the day – after he co-opened the colloquium on ‘Maschinelle Methoden der literarischen Analyse und der Lexikographie’ in Tübingen in 1960.
Harold Short PERSON
Kolloquium zur Anwendung der EDV in den Geisteswissenschaften (University of Tübingen) EVENT_SERIES
Surface Form: "Harold Short, on 18th of November, 2000"

Evidence Source

Other speakers included Harold Short, on 18th of November, 2000 on ‘The Role of Humanities computing: experiences and challenges’.
Kolloquium zur Anwendung der EDV in den Geisteswissenschaften (University of Tübingen) EVENT_SERIES
1973 TIME
Surface Form: "The colloquia started in 1973"

ALLC (Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing) ORGANISATION
around 1973 TIME_SPAN
Surface Form: "this was also the time when ALLC was founded"

Evidence Source

The colloquia started in 1973 and this was also the time when ALLC was founded.
John Unsworth PERSON
Kolloquium zur Anwendung der EDV in den Geisteswissenschaften (University of Tübingen) EVENT_SERIES
Surface Form: "The last speaker on 5 February 2005 was John Unsworth"

Evidence Source

The last speaker on 5 February 2005 was John Unsworth on the ‘Importance of digitisation and cyberinfrastructure in the Humanities’.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #41 | 0 Extractions

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Wilhelm Ott Interviewee | Utterance #42 | 6 Extractions
Leibniz edition project PROJECT
Professor Schepers from Münster PERSON
Surface Form: "the Leibniz edition by Professor Schepers from Münster"

Evidence Source

Detailed reports of larger projects, for example, the Leibniz edition by Professor Schepers from Münster influenced other people in their work.
Susan Hockey PERSON
Kolloquium zur Anwendung der EDV in den Geisteswissenschaften (University of Tübingen) EVENT_SERIES
Surface Form: "Susan Hockey was here in December 1998"

Evidence Source

I’m just going reading over the list of participants. Susan Hockey was here in December 1998; David Seaman in February 1999; Michael Sperberg-McQueen in 1995; Jean-Louis Lebrave in 1986; Johann Cook from Stellenbosch in 1986; Michael Krupp from Jerusalem in 1977 …
Johann Cook PERSON
Stellenbosch CITY
Surface Form: "Johann Cook from Stellenbosch in 1986"

Michael Krupp PERSON
Jerusalem CITY
Surface Form: "Michael Krupp from Jerusalem in 1977"

Evidence Source

Jean-Louis Lebrave in 1986; Johann Cook from Stellenbosch in 1986; Michael Krupp from Jerusalem in 1977 …
David Seaman PERSON
Kolloquium zur Anwendung der EDV in den Geisteswissenschaften (University of Tübingen) EVENT_SERIES
Surface Form: "David Seaman in February 1999"

Michael Sperberg-McQueen PERSON
Kolloquium zur Anwendung der EDV in den Geisteswissenschaften (University of Tübingen) EVENT_SERIES
Surface Form: "Michael Sperberg-McQueen in 1995"

Evidence Source

Susan Hockey was here in December 1998; David Seaman in February 1999; Michael Sperberg-McQueen in 1995; Jean-Louis Lebrave in 1986; Johann Cook from Stellenbosch in 1986; Michael Krupp from Jerusalem in 1977 …
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #43 | 0 Extractions

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Wilhelm Ott Interviewee | Utterance #44 | 1 Extractions
ALLC (Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing) ORGANISATION
ACH (Association for Computers and the Humanities) ORGANISATION
Surface Form: "when ALLC merged with ACH"

Evidence Source

I had visited all of the early ALLC conferences and when ALLC merged with ACH I decided to go there every second year only.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #45 | 0 Extractions

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Wilhelm Ott Interviewee | Utterance #46 | 5 Extractions
Wilhelm Ott PERSON
University of Tübingen INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "the University of Tübingen gave me this title"

Evidence Source

and only shortly afterwards, a year or so later, the University of Tübingen gave me this title in order to give more weight to a project we had started in Tübingen.
University of Tübingen INSTITUTION
Wissenschaftliche Textdatenverarbeitung (scholarly text data processing) FIELD
Surface Form: "In Tübingen we were leading in Wissenschaftliche Textdatenverarbeitung (scholarly text data processing)"

Evidence Source

In Tübingen we were leading in Wissenschaftliche Textdatenverarbeitung (scholarly text data processing) and this was the context in which I got the second professorship.
Wilhelm Ott PERSON
University of Würzburg INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "the first honorary professorship I got was in Würzburg, at the university"

University of Würzburg INSTITUTION
Humanities Computing FIELD
Surface Form: "they had established a course for Humanities Computing"

Evidence Source

Well, the first honorary professorship I got was in Würzburg, at the university, because they had established a course for Humanities Computing, and they wanted to have a Professor on their list.
Wilhelm Ott PERSON
Vice-Director of the computing center POSITION
Surface Form: "I was also the vice-Director of the computing center"

Evidence Source

Well, there was a lot of administrative work with the other position I had, especially since I was also the vice-Director of the computing center.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #47 | 0 Extractions

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Wilhelm Ott Interviewee | Utterance #48 | 3 Extractions
Physics Department at the University of Tübingen DEPARTMENT
Computing Center at the University of Tübingen INSTITUTION
Surface Form: "The Physics Department had a post that was then free and they lent this post to the computing center for a year"

Evidence Source

The Physics Department had a post that was then free and they lent this post to the computing center for a year.
Ernst Zinn PERSON
Classical Philology at the University of Tübingen DEPARTMENT
Surface Form: "Prof Ernst Zinn and Prof Wolfgang Schadewaldt"

Wolfgang Schadewaldt PERSON
Classical Philology at the University of Tübingen DEPARTMENT
Surface Form: "Prof Ernst Zinn and Prof Wolfgang Schadewaldt"

Evidence Source

When I started in Tübingen in 1966 the Professors of Classical Philology (Prof Ernst Zinn and Prof Wolfgang Schadewaldt) asked the computing center to create a post (that I would fill) in order to give support to the Humanities.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #49 | 0 Extractions

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Wilhelm Ott Interviewee | Utterance #50 | 0 Extractions

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Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #51 | 0 Extractions

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Wilhelm Ott Interviewee | Utterance #52 | 4 Extractions
Incunabula catalogue at the University of Tübingen PROJECT
TUSTEP server at the University of Tübingen SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "the Incunabula catalogue is still based on a TUSTEP server in the background"

Evidence Source

At the University of Tübingen the Incunabula catalogue is still based on a TUSTEP server in the background.
TUSTEP software SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
documentation CONCEPT
Surface Form: "It is not only for textual documents, but also for documentation"

Evidence Source

It is not only for textual documents, but also for documentation.
Library catalogues PROJECT_TYPE
TUSTEP tools SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "Many library catalogues have also been made with the tools we provided"

Evidence Source

Many library catalogues have also been made with the tools we provided.
TUSTEP software SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
analysis, editing and indexing of textual documents CONCEPT
Surface Form: "Our TUSTEP software is more or less a set of tools for single works and it is also for development and for the analysis, editing and indexing of textual documents"

Evidence Source

Our TUSTEP software is more or less a set of tools for single works and it is also for development and for the analysis, editing and indexing of textual documents.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #53 | 0 Extractions

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Wilhelm Ott Interviewee | Utterance #54 | 0 Extractions

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Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #55 | 0 Extractions

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Wilhelm Ott Interviewee | Utterance #56 | 7 Extractions
TUSTEP typesetting programme SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
XML-encoded documents with stylesheet-based typesetting CONCEPT
Surface Form: "the TUSTEP typesetting programme is the first one I know of that is able to typeset documents with XML encoding and to provide a stylesheet for typesetting them"

Evidence Source

For example, the TUSTEP typesetting programme is the first one I know of that is able to typeset documents with XML encoding and to provide a stylesheet for typesetting them.
English translation of the TUSTEP manual DOCUMENT
1989 TIME
Surface Form: "In 1989 we had an English translation of the manual done"

Forschungsschwerpunkt funding for TUSTEP PROGRAMME
1989 TIME
Surface Form: "all the funding of the Forschungschwerpunkt (mentioned above) had ceased in 1989"

Evidence Source

In 1989 we had an English translation of the manual done but this is now out of date and we did not have the means to continue this work because all the funding of the Forschungschwerpunkt (mentioned above) had ceased in 1989.
TXSTEP SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Faust edition in Frankfurt PROJECT
Surface Form: "we have one user for it, working on the Faust edition in Frankfurt"

Evidence Source

In the meantime we have one user for it, working on the Faust edition in Frankfurt.
TUSTEP documentation DOCUMENTATION
German LANGUAGE
Surface Form: "the language of documentation: it’s in German only"

Evidence Source

One factor is the language of documentation: it’s in German only.
TXSTEP SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
TUSTEP programmes SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
Surface Form: "an interface to the TUSTEP programmes in an XML environment. It’s called TXSTEP"

Evidence Source

Therefore, for some years we have been working on an interface to the TUSTEP programmes in an XML environment. It’s called TXSTEP, we just changed the ‘u’ in TUSTEP to an ‘x’.
TXSTEP SOFTWARE_SYSTEM
collating the sources of the Faust material METHOD
Surface Form: "They are using it especially for collating the sources of the Faust material"

Evidence Source

They are using it especially for collating the sources of the Faust material.
Julianne Nyhan Interviewer | Utterance #57 | 0 Extractions

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